Principal Engineering Design

Work Arrangement This is an on-site position that may require occasional travel, both domestic and international.

The Chief Engineer combines technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership to oversee all engineering activities within the assigned product portfolio, ensuring that the portfolio engineering efforts achieve the organizational objectives. They own technical performance and are key stakeholders in cost and schedule outcomes for all technical program content. Serving as the primary technical point of contact for customers, functional teams, and leadership, the Chief Engineer ensures the program’s technical baseline is stable, applies common engineering standards, and implements effective change control.

They drive design decisions to ensure contract integrity and quality, establish team workflows, align priorities, and resolve technical conflicts. Collaborating with the R&D team, the Chief Engineer integrates new capabilities into portfolio products and drives innovation of new products while supervising engineering teams to ensure strategic alignment and high‑quality execution of development and sustainment activities.

This role also involves managing staffing, resource allocation, and partnerships with Engineering Services to secure tools and support. Additionally, the Chief Engineer fosters the professional growth of the engineering team through mentoring, skill evaluations, and tailored development plans.

Oversee all technical designs, ensuring products meet quality, performance, and safety standards.
Serve as co‑chair for Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) to ensure proper evaluation and approval of designs, changes, and testing readiness.
Supervise Engineering Teams: Manage, mentor, and develop engineering staff, fostering professional growth and technical expertise.
Develop Talent: Assess skills and create tailored growth plans, incorporating training, rotational assignments, and continuing education.

Resource and Project Management
Assess engineering staffing needs and allocate resources across projects to balance workloads and meet objectives.
Ensure Project Readiness: Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to maintain timelines, budgets, and risk management strategies for engineering activities.

Maintain Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all engineering activities meet applicable industry and regulatory standards.
Document Key Decisions: Strategic Planning
Align engineering efforts with portfolio objectives and contribute to strategic planning for future product development and sustainment.

Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].

Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.

Expertise in aerospace engineering and technology development. Familiarity with regulatory requirements in the UxS industry and DoD.

Understanding of diverse UxS platforms and their applications.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Engineering.

Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with progressive technical experience in engineering roles, with a proven track record of technical design and development.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment.
Security Clearance

Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI DoD clearance, U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full‑spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; aircraft modification and certification; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission‑system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

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