Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards

What you'll do:

• Establish and own engineering design standards across programs, including XBAT and VBAT  

• Define and standardize best practices for aerospace design, analysis workflows, and system-level engineering rigor  

• Develop standards for CAD usage, drawing quality, standard notes, release processes, and engineering documentation  

• Manufacturing & supply chain handoff including EBOM and MBOM creation along with driving part demand 

• Build and mature an engineering excellence framework that scales with the company  

• Partner with engineering leadership to align teams on consistent ways of working  

• Ensure standards are practical, accessible, and consistently applied across teams  

• Influence design decisions and engineering processes across disciplines without becoming a bottleneck  

• Support both near-term program execution and long-term scalability of engineering processes  

• Drive improvements in configuration management, documentation quality, and design consistency  

Required qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in aerospace or high-performance hardware design environments  

• Deep experience working within organizations that maintain strong engineering standards and design rigor  

• Broad technical background across multiple engineering domains (mechanical, aerospace, systems, etc.)  

• Experience defining or applying design standards, documentation practices, and configuration management systems  

• Familiarity with industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, DO-160, and ASME Y14.5 (GD&T)  

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior engineers and drive alignment across teams  

• Strong track record of improving engineering quality, consistency, and scalability  

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate standards and expectations across technical audiences