Leads enterprise aerospace engineering strategy and multidisciplinary teams across aircraft design, systems integration, certification, production ramp-up, and in-service support. Oversees clean-sheet and derivative aircraft programs, technical reviews, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, digital engineering adoption, innovation, and stakeholder engagement. Partners with program management, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, flight test, customers, and suppliers to deliver safe, certified aircraft within cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
1. Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities
Requirements
- Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with company vision, program objectives, and market needs.
- Lead and mentor large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams across structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, systems, software, and manufacturing engineering.
- Establish engineering governance, processes, and best practices across programs.
- Drive a culture of safety, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design of aircraft and major systems.
- Ensure integration of structures, systems, avionics, propulsion, and software into a certified aircraft configuration.
- Review and approve key technical decisions, trade studies, and design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR).
- Ensure effective use of digital engineering tools (MBSE, PLM, CAD/CAE, digital twins).
- Ensure compliance with FAA, EASA, DGCA, MIL standards, and other applicable airworthiness regulations.
- Lead certification planning, conformity, ground and flight test activities.
- Serve as the senior engineering interface with regulatory authorities.
- Partner with Program Management to ensure engineering deliverables meet cost, schedule, and performance targets.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks across development and production programs.
- Support production ramp-up, entry-into-service, and in-service engineering support.
- Drive adoption of advanced materials, automation, AI/ML, electrification, sustainable aviation technologies, and next-generation architectures.
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies and supplier innovations.
- Support intellectual property creation and protection.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Flight Test, and Customer Support teams.
- Engage with customers, partners, and suppliers on technical matters.
- Represent the company at industry forums and technical reviews.
Requirements
- Education
Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
- Experience
18–25+ years of progressive engineering experience in the aerospace industry.
10+ years in senior engineering leadership roles within an Aircraft OEM or Tier-1 aerospace supplier.
Proven experience leading clean-sheet aircraft or major derivative programs through certification.
Strong background in aircraft systems integration and airworthiness certification.
- Technical Skills
Deep knowledge of aircraft design, development, and certification processes.
Expertise in structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, systems engineering, and safety assessments.
Familiarity with DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754, ARP4761, and configuration management practices.
- Leadership & Soft Skills
Strong executive leadership and decision-making abilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to balance innovation with regulatory and safety requirements.
Strategic thinker with hands-on technical credibility.
The ePlane Company Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600036
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