Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
REPORTS TO: President/Site-Leader
LOCATION: Chatsworth, CA
SHIFT: Monday thru Thursday (7:00 AM – 5:30 PM)
The Engineering Director will lead all engineering and technical activities within the business, providing oversight for a team of 10-15 engineers. This role is responsible for driving innovation, ensuring technical excellence, and supporting product development and sustainment efforts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in aerospace antenna solutions and RF technology, with expertise in UHF, VHF, L-band, TACS, GPS, and Radar Altimeters antenna solutions.
BASIC FUNCTIONS:
- Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team, fostering a culture of technical rigor and
- Oversee the development, qualification, and certification of aerospace antenna systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards and customer requirements.
- Provide technical oversight for antenna design, design manufacturability, and performance
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, product reliability, and manufacturing
- Collaborate cross-functionally with program management, business development, and operations to align engineering efforts with business objectives.
- Support customer engagements, proposals, and technical presentations as the subject matter
- Manage engineering resources, budgets, and project timelines to meet strategic
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related
- Minimum 10 years of experience in RF engineering and/or aerospace antenna
- Deep knowledge of antenna design principles, RF propagation, and system
- Experience with certification requirements for airborne RF systems (FAA, DO-160, RTCA, MIL-STD, etc.).
- Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making
- Previous leadership experience managing engineering
- Familiarity with avionics integration and aircraft installation constraints, preferred.
- Experience working with defense and commercial aerospace
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and project management software is
Physical Demands / Work Environment:
- Position located in an office environment, with exposure to the manufacturing floor when
- Domestic business related travel, valid driver’s license
- International business related travel, valid US passport
- Regularly required to walk up and down
- Regularly required to sit for long periods of
- Regularly required to talk or hear.
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chatsworth, CA |
| Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
| Company Size | 5,000 to 9,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1957 |
| Website | https://www.heico.com/ |
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Skills
- Aerospace Engineeringunmatched
- Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
- Antennaunmatched
- Antenna Designunmatched
- Avionicsunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Business Developmentunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Driver's Licenseunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- GPS (Global Positioning System)unmatched
- Industry Standardsunmatched
- International Businessunmatched
- L Bandunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Physical Demandsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Product Developmentunmatched
- Product Supportunmatched
- Project Management Softwareunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Radio Frequencyunmatched
- Radio Frequency Propagationunmatched
- Resource Managementunmatched
- Technical Presentationunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
- Ultra High Frequency (UHF)unmatched
- Very High Frequency (VHF)unmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
About Company
HEICO Corporation is a successful and growing technology-driven aerospace, industrial, defense and electronics company. For more than 60 years, HEICO has thrived by providing customers with innovative and cost-saving products and services.
HEICO's products are found on large commercial aircraft, regional, business and military aircraft, as well as on a large variety of industrial turbines, targeting systems, missiles and electro-optical devices.
HEICO Corporation is a New York Stock Exchange listed company (NYSE: HEI and HEI.A) and has also been ranked as one of the 100 "World's Most Innovative Growth Companies", 100 "Best Small Companies" and 200 "Hot Shot Stocks" by Forbes over the past decade. With headquarters in Hollywood, Florida, and multiple locations around the world - HEICO provides over 1 million square feet of design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, distribution, sales and support capabilities.
HEICO Corporation operates in two segments, the Flight Support group and the Electronic Technologies group. The Flight Support group designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs, distributes and overhauls FAA-approved parts that extend over the entire aircraft, from the engines all the way to hydraulic, pneumatic, electromechanical, avionic, structures, wheels and brakes and even interiors.
The Electronic Technologies group produces electrical and electro-optical systems and components serving niche segments of the aerospace, defense, communications, and computer industries. The Electronic Technologies group is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of electrically and electro-optical engineered products used in the aerospace, defense, space, and electronics industries.
By combining state-of-the-art technologies, a team of highly skilled Team Members and an indisputable commitment to quality, both segments have constantly delivered invaluable solutions to customers over the years, helping to position them as leaders within their industries.
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