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Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards

Shield AI· X-BAT Division – X-BAT Technical Program Management
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Seattle, WA$209.2k - $313.8kFull Time EmployeePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior technical leader to define and operationalize engineering design standards across the company, establishing engineering excellence with rigor, consistency, and scalability across design, analysis, certification, CAD, documentation, and configuration management.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

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 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

Skills

Required:Engineering design standards

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package (applicable after 60 days of employment) + temporary benefits package
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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