Engineering Director – Aerospace in Newport News, Virginia at Qualdoc, LLC

• Lead engineering programs, including staffing, scheduling, workload planning, estimates, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Manage multiple engineering programs with varying scope and priorities.
• Build, develop, and improve a high-performing engineering organization.
• Provide coaching, career development, and technical leadership.
• Monitor product development milestones and communicate progress to senior management.
• Investigate missed targets and implement corrective actions, including training, process, and methodology improvements.
• Establish and maintain engineering design review processes, technical guidelines, and development standards.
• Conduct and oversee design reviews for technical quality and compliance.
• Establish department goals, KPIs, priorities, and performance initiatives.
• Serve as the primary engineering interface for Sales and Operations on technical strategy and delivery planning.
• Support business development and proposals, including technical compliance matrices and engineering feasibility assessments.
• Promote innovation while maintaining focus on product safety, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness.
• Maintain current knowledge of aerospace engineering practices, tools, and methods.
• Support AS9100, Lean, and other quality initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering management experience, preferably in aerospace or defense.
• Experience with aerospace product development, including STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) and FAA certification processes.
• 5+ years of experience with FAR compliance and signature authority in an FAA and/or military certification environment.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent engineering programs.
• Strong project management, planning, organizational, and team leadership skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong customer-facing relationship management and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex technical and business requirements.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and Microsoft Office.
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for clearance eligibility.
• Clearance processing is handled through DISCO (Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office).

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Engineering staff productivity and utilization.
• Quality performance and FAA/MCO compliance.
• Schedule and milestone performance across programs.
• Effectiveness of design review, governance, and risk management.
• On-time qualification testing and transition to production.
• Continuous improvement, including root-cause closure, process adoption, and training effectiveness.

• Ongoing technical and compliance training as required.
• Certification, AS9100, and Lean training as applicable.
• Up to 50% domestic and international travel.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move bulky items weighing more than 50 lbs.
• Participation in a Drug Free Workplace Drug Testing Program.