Position listed on behalf of a partner company managing applications; aerospace manufacturing and component repair operations.
Responsibilities
Establish and lead a scalable regional engineering organization across NPI, product engineering, process engineering, tooling, special processes, automation, and technical support.
Provide technical leadership for new product introductions: manufacturing process plans, production sequences, CNC strategies, grinding methods, tooling, workholding, inspection plans, equipment selection, production-readiness.
Develop and implement standardized engineering methods, practices, and operating procedures across regional facilities.
Build, coach, and retain a high-performing engineering organization with career paths and succession plans.
Oversee regional resource planning, technical risk management, program reviews, customer escalations, and talent decisions.
Partner with program management and commercial teams on technical estimates, milestone plans, risk assessments, and customer updates.
Ensure NPI readiness reviews address technical maturity, manufacturability, process qualification, tooling, materials, special-process controls, training, capacity, quality, and customer approvals.
Define and manage the regional engineering operating model, technology roadmap, capability development, and investment governance.
Lead manufacturing excellence, technology, and automation initiatives to improve yield, first-pass quality, throughput, cycle times, productivity, and costs via lean methodologies.
Maintain engineering quality, compliance, and technical governance (AS9100, NADCAP, FAA/EASA where applicable).
Lead technical escalations involving quality, yield, process stability, supplier performance, repair outcomes, and customer risk.
Represent regional engineering capabilities with customers, OEMs, suppliers, and strategic partners.
Champion corporate engineering initiatives and manage strategic technical relationships and consortiums.
Travel regularly across regional and international locations.
Requirements
10+ years of progressive engineering experience in aerospace, gas turbines, precision manufacturing, or another highly engineered manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and managers across multiple sites.
Experience directing technical activities across multiple manufacturing facilities and influencing stakeholders in a matrix organization.
Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, metallurgical engineering, or related discipline.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with structured continuous improvement.
Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to translate business priorities into engineering strategies, roadmaps, and investment plans.
Knowledge of aerospace quality systems, regulatory requirements, manufacturing processes, and special-process standards.
Strong leadership, coaching, collaboration, and organizational skills.
Willingness to travel regularly within North America and internationally.
Preferred: advanced degree in engineering or business.
Eligibility may involve access to U.S. export-controlled technology; employment may be contingent on documentation review and export license.