Director, Aeronautical Systems Engineering — Lead 700+ Engineers

Jobtome; Leonard (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Greenville, TX seeks a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering to lead a 700+ engineer organization across multiple sites, aligning programs with enterprise objectives and governance. You will drive workforce strategy, inclusion, and engineering excellence in a high-stakes defense environment.

The role demands strong leadership, collaboration with stakeholders, and a focus on affordability, modernization, and mission success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of air vehicle systems engineering or integration.
• Graduate Degree with 13 years of air vehicle systems engineering or integration.
• In lieu of a degree, 19 years of air vehicle systems engineering or integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-site Aeronautical Systems Engineering organization of 700+ engineers.
• Establish the function’s strategic vision, priorities, and operating model.
• Direct workforce planning, staffing, succession, leadership development and talent pipeline growth.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, engagement, accountability, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Own engineering governance, policies, processes and standards to ensure compliance and technical rigor.
• Lead engineering contributions to capture and proposal efforts, including BOE development and risk assessment.
• Develop and execute technology and capability roadmaps and multi-year capital plans.
• Manage engineering overhead, budgets, resources and productivity initiatives.
• Champion digital engineering, MBSE, process modernization and data-driven decision making.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to integrate engineering execution across lifecycle stages.
• Represent engineering in executive reviews, customer engagements and strategic planning.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration

Graduate Degree with 13 years of experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration

In lieu of a degree, 19 years of experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Greenville, TX seeks a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering to lead a 700+ engineer organization across multiple sites, aligning programs with enterprise objectives and governance. You will drive workforce strategy, inclusion, and engineering excellence in a high-stakes defense environment.

The role demands strong leadership, collaboration with stakeholders, and a focus on affordability, modernization, and mission success.