Dir Engineering

HDT Global; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

HDT Global in Huntsville, AL seeks an Engineering Director on-site to lead safety, quality, and oversight of the Huntsville Engineering Team, guiding planning, scheduling, and personnel management to meet budgets and requirements.

This hands-on role covers testing, design, analysis, and prototyping, with responsibility for budgets, schedules, and cross-functional collaboration with customers and senior management.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years' experience including prior management experience.
• Experience with Government contracting, bid and proposal, and execution.
• Proven ability to lead gated artifacts to customers and senior officials.
• Hands-on building, testing prototypes, and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor engineering team through cross training, developing skills, and leading from the front.
• Estimate engineering statement of work and level of effort for complex products.
• Manage budgets, costs, and schedule inputs for design assignments and technical reviews.
• Support proposal activities, technical write-ups, and provide quotes to Sales and BD.
• Demonstrate understanding of MIL and commercial standards essential for equipment design and compliance.
• Hands-on building, fitting, and testing prototypes.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Prototyping

SOW estimation

Government contracting

Design reviews

Quality improvement

Production support

ISO processes

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MS degree in Engineering

PE License

MBA

Tools

SolidWorks

SolidWorks Electrical

FEA

SAP

Job description

The Engineering Director, as part of the Huntsville Leadership team, is responsible for the safety, quality, and oversight of the Huntsville Engineering Team. This is a hands‑on position and will be responsible for overseeing all technical activities of assigned projects and programs including planning, scheduling, and managing personnel and engineering work to ensure effective coordination and execution. The Engineering Director must possess sufficient technical knowledge of their programs to identify problems, provide guidance to staff, and ensure the work product is completed on time and budget and fulfills requirements. Required to proactively lead improvement initiatives.

The Engineering Director position offers a variety of engineering opportunities including testing, design, analysis, management, and prototyping. Position is 100% on-site.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise, develop and mentor a diverse engineering team of engineers and designers through cross training, helping develop new skills, mitigating single point of failures, and lead from the front. Must have recent or current experience managing Engineers.
• Needs to be process driven to achieve quality, costs and scheduling.
• Must have the ability to estimate engineering statement of work and level of effort for complex products.
• Must have Government contracting, bid and proposal, and execution experience.
• Previous experience presenting gated artifacts to customers and senior officials.
• Comply with Engineering Playbook and works to optimize its content.
• Manage budgets, costs, and schedule inputs for design assignments, participate in technical reviews.
• Manage new product development, production support changes (ECR/ECO's), and team priorities.
• Support proposal, technical write ups, and provide quotes to Sales and BD.
• Demonstrate understanding of applicable MIL and commercial standards essential for equipment design and compliance.
• Hands‑on building, fitting, and testing prototypes.
• Check drawings and designs to ensure compliance to HDT and design specifications.
• Adhere and train to company revision control practices and ISO processes.
• Complete annual performance review process for themselves and their direct reports and execute performance improvement plans as required.
• Set and achieve goals based on cost and schedule matrix managed by senior leadership, and assist direct reports in doing likewise.
• Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results in a cooperative and supportive manner, makes and keeps commitments and expects same of direct reports.
• Available for travel as required.

EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE/OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to speak, read, and understand English
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from accredited school required
• MS degree in Engineering, PE License of MBA preferred
• 10+ years experience including previous management experience required
• As a Federal Contractor, Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a background check and a pre‑employment drug test, including marijuana.
• SolidWorks/SolidWorks Electrical/FEA experience preferred
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with customers, vendors, employees, and managers at all levels within the company
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize work assignments, and multi‑task to meet deadlines
• Competent technical expertise including application of technical principles/techniques from established practices, as well as a functional knowledge/understanding of engineering processes, techniques, and practices to perceive the fit, form, function, and manufacturability of design quickly/accurately
• Possesses strong PC‑based computer experience including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is essential; SAP experience preferred

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.

This position requires access to or use of export‑controlled technical data or technology controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Accordingly, applicants must be U.S. Persons or must be eligible to obtain the required export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. A U.S. Person is defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, or a person who is a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(b)(a)(3).

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