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Director, Features System Engineering
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About this role
Role overview
Lead systems engineering for safety-critical autonomous aviation products, setting the technical direction from early concepts through verification and certification. The role combines organizational leadership with hands-on ownership of system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and safety considerations across hardware and software teams.
Responsibilities
- Establish systems engineering plans, standards, and processes that help teams move quickly while maintaining engineering rigor. - Define system and subsystem requirements, expected behaviors, and verification strategies for new product development. - Guide architecture and interface decisions, aligning software, hardware, safety, and flight controls around a shared technical direction. - Explain design intent and safety arguments to engineers, executives, customers, suppliers, and regulators. - Hire, mentor, and develop systems engineers and managers, building technical leadership across the organization. - Make significant technical decisions and resolve disagreements across engineering disciplines.
Requirements
- Experience building and leading a systems engineering function, including strategic planning and team development. - Background leading systems work on new product development programs, from ambiguous concepts to testable requirements and verification. - Experience with safety-critical systems and the ability to keep safety and human factors central under schedule pressure. - Ability to define behaviors and functions for autonomous or AI-enabled systems; experience with product, mission, or vehicle autonomy is relevant. - Strong communication and judgment when aligning technical teams and presenting engineering decisions to varied audiences. - Authorization to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
Benefits and work setup
The role offers health, dental, and life insurance, flexible paid time off, and a retirement plan with employer matching. The team describes a collaborative, small-team environment with opportunities for professional development.