Aurelius Systems
Technology
DirectorofEngineering
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“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.
Ambiguity resolution; Root cause analysis
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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