Senior Engineering Director: Hands-On, Multi-Domain Systems

Gengalactic; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

PTO

401k

Stock options

Job summary

General Galactic Technologies Corporation in El Segundo, CA seeks a Director of Engineering to lead multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, software, avionics, propulsion, and systems engineering. The role is hands-on and technical, not a pure manager, with ownership of architecture and execution.

You will recruit, mentor, and guide engineers, set engineering standards, and drive high-impact initiatives for the product and mission fleet, while maintaining startup pace and first-principles

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with hands-on contribution in multiple domains.
• Experience solving complex hardware/software problems.
• Ability to guide architecture and technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering execution and logistics across vehicles and missions.
• Serve as a senior technical decision-maker across multiple domains.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead engineers across software and hardware disciplines.
• Contribute to critical technical work personally.
• Drive architecture decisions with business and customer teams.
• Architect and maintain engineering processes and practices.
• Maintain startup pace and ensure quality of execution.
• Set and oversee engineering standards.
• Foster ownership and first-principles thinking

Skills

Multidisciplinary leadership

Hands-on hardware

First-principles reasoning

System architecture

Mentoring engineers

Hiring experience

Export-control awareness

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or CS

Tools

CAD tools (SolidWorks)

MATLAB/Simulink

Requirements tools

Git / SCM

Job description

General Galactic Technologies Corporation in El Segundo, CA seeks a Director of Engineering to lead multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, software, avionics, propulsion, and systems engineering. The role is hands-on and technical, not a pure manager, with ownership of architecture and execution.

You will recruit, mentor, and guide engineers, set engineering standards, and drive high-impact initiatives for the product and mission fleet, while maintaining startup pace and first-principles