Aurelius Systems

Technology

DirectorofEngineering

$275–315k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director of Engineering at Aurelius Systems. Skills: System engineering, Production transition, Team leadership. Own path from R&D to production. Lead multiple engineering disciplines”

What You'll Achieve.

Turn demonstrator into weapon system; Scale engineering organization; Achieve unreasonable output; Ship product

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Ambiguity resolution; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

U.S. Person status required, Field test weekly, Travel to field test events

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

12+ years in engineering, Leadership of multi-disciplinary technical teams, Track record taking complex hardware/software systems from R&D through production or field deployment, Experience leading across disciplines, Scale teams and turn dysfunction or ambiguity into high-performing execution, Comfort operating hands-on in a lab and on a test range

Nice to Have

Active or recent DoD security clearance, Directed energy or high energy laser weapon system experience, Experience standing up engineering processes and tooling for a scaling org, US military background or deep experience working with military end users, Track record of hiring and growing senior technical talent

What You'll Do.

Own path from R&D to production

Lead multiple engineering disciplines

Drive handoff from lab to volume

Turn demonstrator into weapon system

Set technical direction

Run the organization that executes direction

Manage R&D to production transition

Manage authority architecture

Take subsystems from prototype through field-ready and manufacturable

Execute across multi-teams under ambiguous requirements

See projects through delivery

Score system performance

Build and scale engineering org

Hire and structure teams

Grow high-performing teams

Interface with customers and programs

Translate mission requirements into engineering execution

Raise technical bar across team

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Multi-disciplinary teams; Cross-functional teams; Engineering leadership; Customer interface; Program interface

Communication Scope

Customer communication; Leadership communication; Engineering communication

Process & Methodology

Agile, Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Who We Are: Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones. We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system. Our namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate, small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable. In addition to our San Francisco lab, we've opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range. The Role and Your Impact: We need an Engineering Director to own the path from R&D to production across the whole system. You'll lead multiple engineering disciplines from software, firmware, controls, hardware integration, test, and drive the hard handoff from a thing that works in the lab to a thing that survives downrange and gets built at volume. This is the person who turns a demonstrator into a weapon system. You'll set technical direction, and run the org that executes it. What You'll Own: - Technical direction across software, firmware, controls, hardware integration, and test for the full system - The R&D to production transition and authority architecture taking subsystems from prototype through field-ready and manufacturable - Multi-team execution under ambiguous requirements, charting clear guidance and seeing projects through delivery - Field testing leadership, from test article design through scoring system performance in non-lab conditions - Building and scaling the engineering org from hiring, structure, and growing high-performing teams from the ground up - Customer and program interface, translating mission requirements into engineering execution - The technic

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