Engineering Director Jobs
Engineering Director jobs are open across technology, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, at every level from senior engineering manager to VP-track, with specializations in software, infrastructure, and embedded systems. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Engineering Director
Location: Newport News, VA
Job Type: Direct Hire
Starting Salary: $90,000/year (higher based on experience)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Director to oversee a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting product development from initial design through testing and production. This leadership role is responsible for managing engineering operations, guiding technical teams, ensuring project execution, and driving continuous improvement across Mechanical, Structural, Electrical, and Aerodynamic engineering disciplines.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in aerospace or defense engineering leadership and is experienced managing multiple engineering programs while maintaining quality, regulatory compliance, and delivery schedules.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering teams through all phases of product development, from concept to production.
- Oversee multiple engineering projects while balancing priorities, schedules, staffing, and budgets.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering staff to build a high-performing organization.
- Track project progress, engineering milestones, and resource utilization.
- Identify technical or schedule risks and implement effective corrective actions.
- Establish engineering standards, design review processes, and best practices.
- Lead technical design reviews to ensure quality, performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop departmental objectives, performance metrics, and long-term engineering strategies.
- Partner with Operations, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to support business goals.
- Provide technical input during proposal development, including feasibility reviews and project planning.
- Promote innovation while maintaining a focus on safety, manufacturability, quality, and cost.
- Stay informed on emerging engineering technologies, tools, and industry trends.
- Support quality systems, Lean initiatives, and AS9100 compliance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 10 years of progressive engineering management experience, preferably within aerospace or defense.
- Experience leading aerospace product development programs.
- Working knowledge of FAA certification requirements, including Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) programs.
- Strong understanding of FAR regulations and FAA and/or military certification processes.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting FAA regulatory compliance and engineering approval activities.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple engineering projects simultaneously.
- Strong leadership, project management, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information clearly.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to evaluate technical and business requirements and develop practical solutions.
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status required.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree or coursework in Business Administration or Finance.
- Experience supporting commercial and Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 50%, including domestic and international travel.
- Ability to occasionally lift or move items weighing more than 50 pounds.
- Must be able to participate in a Drug-Free Workplace testing program.
- Commitment to professional development and maintaining compliance with engineering and quality standards.
Ideal Candidate
- Experienced leader of multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong background in strategic planning, resource management, and engineering operations.
- Driven to improve processes, efficiency, and engineering performance.
- Committed to delivering compliant, high-quality products on schedule.
- Passionate about mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative, innovative work environment.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Engineering Director
Location: Newport News, VA
Job Type: Direct Hire
Starting Salary: $90,000/year (higher based on experience)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Director to oversee a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting product development from initial design through testing and production. This leadership role is responsible for managing engineering operations, guiding technical teams, ensuring project execution, and driving continuous improvement across Mechanical, Structural, Electrical, and Aerodynamic engineering disciplines.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in aerospace or defense engineering leadership and is experienced managing multiple engineering programs while maintaining quality, regulatory compliance, and delivery schedules.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering teams through all phases of product development, from concept to production.
- Oversee multiple engineering projects while balancing priorities, schedules, staffing, and budgets.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering staff to build a high-performing organization.
- Track project progress, engineering milestones, and resource utilization.
- Identify technical or schedule risks and implement effective corrective actions.
- Establish engineering standards, design review processes, and best practices.
- Lead technical design reviews to ensure quality, performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop departmental objectives, performance metrics, and long-term engineering strategies.
- Partner with Operations, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to support business goals.
- Provide technical input during proposal development, including feasibility reviews and project planning.
- Promote innovation while maintaining a focus on safety, manufacturability, quality, and cost.
- Stay informed on emerging engineering technologies, tools, and industry trends.
- Support quality systems, Lean initiatives, and AS9100 compliance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 10 years of progressive engineering management experience, preferably within aerospace or defense.
- Experience leading aerospace product development programs.
- Working knowledge of FAA certification requirements, including Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) programs.
- Strong understanding of FAR regulations and FAA and/or military certification processes.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting FAA regulatory compliance and engineering approval activities.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple engineering projects simultaneously.
- Strong leadership, project management, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information clearly.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to evaluate technical and business requirements and develop practical solutions.
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status required.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree or coursework in Business Administration or Finance.
- Experience supporting commercial and Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 50%, including domestic and international travel.
- Ability to occasionally lift or move items weighing more than 50 pounds.
- Must be able to participate in a Drug-Free Workplace testing program.
- Commitment to professional development and maintaining compliance with engineering and quality standards.
Ideal Candidate
- Experienced leader of multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong background in strategic planning, resource management, and engineering operations.
- Driven to improve processes, efficiency, and engineering performance.
- Committed to delivering compliant, high-quality products on schedule.
- Passionate about mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative, innovative work environment.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Who's Hiring
- CVS Health213
- JPMorganChase54
- Marriott International26
- Quanta Services22Q
- Quanta Infrastructure Solutions20
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services159
- Technology & Software89
- Consulting & Professional Services37
- Construction & Real Estate31
- Banking & Financial Services28
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering director jobs.
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience with at least 5 in people management
- Proven ability to lead and develop multiple engineering teams or managers of managers
- Experience owning end-to-end delivery of large-scale technical systems or platforms
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and executive stakeholders
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
- Familiarity with agile delivery frameworks and engineering operational metrics such as DORA
Tips for Your Engineering Director Job Search
Quantify engineering org impact clearly
Hiring managers at this level care about scope: how many engineers you led, what delivery outcomes improved, and how your decisions affected product velocity or system reliability. Replace job duties on your resume with outcomes your org shipped or problems your leadership solved.
Tailor your leadership narrative by domain
An engineering director role at a fintech company emphasizes compliance-aware architecture decisions very differently than one at a consumer app startup. Read each job description for the leadership challenge they're hiring for and reframe your experience to match that exact context.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists engineering director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for the systems design conversation
At director level, interviews often include a whiteboard or verbal systems design exercise focused on org design, not just architecture. Practice articulating how you'd structure a team around a scaling problem, including how you'd handle competing priorities across multiple engineering managers.
Negotiate total comp across all components
Engineering director offers typically include equity, bonus targets, and signing packages alongside base pay. Before your final conversation, know the vesting schedule, cliff terms, and bonus structure so you can evaluate offers against each other on a level basis.
Send a specific post-interview follow-up
After a panel interview at this level, a generic thank-you is forgettable. Reference one concrete problem raised in the interview and briefly describe how you've navigated something similar. It reinforces your candidacy and shows you were listening, not just presenting.
Engineering Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most engineering directors?
The companies hiring the most engineering directors right now include CVS Health, JPMorganChase, and Marriott International, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated in technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
How many engineering director jobs are remote?
About 62% of engineering director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior leadership roles in technology hiring. Infrastructure, platform, and developer tooling sub-areas tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible positions compared to hardware or embedded systems roles.
How do you become an engineering director?
Most engineering directors move up from senior engineering manager or staff engineer roles by consistently expanding their scope across teams and business outcomes. Building credibility requires leading cross-functional initiatives, developing other managers, and demonstrating that your decisions improve delivery reliability and team health. Transitioning into a director title often follows a formal promotion cycle tied to org growth or a lateral move into a company where the role is open.
Can you get an engineering director role with limited management experience?
It's uncommon but possible, usually at smaller or earlier-stage companies where the scope of the role is narrower and the org is willing to grow someone into the full remit. The strongest candidates in this situation have led cross-functional projects with real delivery accountability, coached or mentored engineers informally, and can articulate a clear point of view on how to build and run high-performing teams.
What does the engineering director interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and includes a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on leadership philosophy and career narrative, a technical systems or architecture discussion, a panel with peer directors or product and design leaders, and a final executive interview. Some companies add a written leadership case study or ask candidates to present a past initiative. The process is slower than individual contributor hiring because director decisions involve significant cross-functional input.
Where can I find and apply to engineering director jobs?
You can find and apply to engineering director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings for roles that match your industry background and leadership scope, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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