Engineering Supervisor

ITT Inc. - English US; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Short/Long-term disability

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Incentive compensation

Job summary

ITT Inc. is seeking a Design Engineering Supervisor – Fluid Motion Control Products for its Valencia site.

The role leads design engineering for actuators, valves, pumps, and switches, driving technical roadmap execution and engineering excellence while aligning with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This position emphasizes leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strict adherence to AS9100/ISO-9001 standards in a highly regulated aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering required.
• 7+ years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Experience in design engineering for actuators, valves, pumps, or switches.
• Prior work in aerospace/defense or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO-9001, APQP is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership in engineering teams and strong product roadmap skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of design engineers, providing direction, coaching, and mentorship.
• Guide design activities for actuator, valve, pump, and switch product lines and contribute to roadmaps.
• Ensure designs meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost targets; provide technical oversight.
• Enforce engineering processes, standards, and documentation practices; drive improvements.
• Support business development with technical input and collaborate with manufacturing, project, and quality teams.
• Ensure timely, within-scope design deliverables and manage technical risks from development to production.

Skills

Leadership

Design engineering

Actuation

Valves

Pumps

Aerospace/defense

AS9100/ISO-9001

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering

Job description

About ITT:

ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:

Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions. Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.

Motion Technologies:A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands includeFriction Technologies, KONIandAxtone.

Connect and Control Technologies:A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands includeITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace ControlsandkSARIA.

Position Summary

The Design Engineering Supervisor – Fluid Motion Control Products is responsible for leading and supervising the design engineering functions for actuators, valves, pumps, and switch technologies at ITT Aerospace Control’s Valencia site. This role provides both technical leadership and people management, ensuring alignment with business objectives, product strategy, and engineering excellence.

The position plays a critical role in developing engineering talent, driving product innovation through technical roadmap execution, and ensuring adherence to established engineering processes and standards.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership & People Management

• Supervise and lead a team of design engineers, providing direction, coaching, and mentorship
• Drive talent development through training, career planning, and succession planning initiatives
• Conduct performance management, including goal setting, feedback, and performance evaluations
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and accountable team environment

Technical Leadership & Product Development

• Guide design engineering activities for actuator, valve, pump, and switch product lines
• Contribute to the development and execution of product technology roadmaps
• Ensure designs meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost objectives
• Provide technical oversight and decision-making support across development programs

Engineering Process & Compliance

• Enforce adherence to engineering processes, standards, and procedures
• Ensure accountability for design quality, documentation, and validation practices
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering workflows, tools, and best practice

Business Support & Strategy

• Support business development efforts including proposal development and technical input
• Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, project, and quality teams
• Contribute to strategic planning initiatives related to product development and market growth

Program Execution

• Ensure design deliverables are completed on time and within scope
• Identify and mitigate technical risks across projects
• Support successful transition of products from development into production

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or related discipline is required
• 7+ years of engineering experience, plus a minimum of 2 years of previous supervisory experience
• Proven experience in design engineering with actuation, valve, pump, or switch technologies
• Experience working within aerospace and defense industries, or other highly regulated industries
• Familiarity with standards such as AS9100, ISO-9001, or APQP
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience managing engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of actuators, valves, pumps, switches, or similar technologies
• Experience with product development processes, from concept through production
• Excellent communication, organizational, problem-solving skills, and emotional intelligence
• Experience with leadership and team development
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and product roadmap development capabilities
• Process discipline and continuous improvement mindset
• Cross-functional collaboration and business acumen

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Equal Pay Act Statement

We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations,

Equal Pay Act Range

Annual salary range is $107,400.00 to $160,200.00, plus benefits and incentives