Director Engineering

Company Information:


Elbit America is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high-technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: ElbitAmerica.com or follow us on YouTube.


Job Summary: The Director of Engineering - MTC serves as the senior technical authority for a large scale, complex program, accountable for the definition, integrity, and execution of the program’s complete technical baseline. This role provides strategic technical leadership through managers across all engineering disciplines to ensure the solution meets customer requirements, program objectives, and long term mission needs. The Chief Engineer drives the overarching technical vision, architecture, and risk posture; leads major technical decisions; and ensures engineering execution is aligned with program strategy, cost, and schedule commitments.

Responsibilities and Tasks:
• Proactively identifies and secures the technical resources required to execute a large scale program, including specialized engineering expertise, critical tools, facilities, and development infrastructure. Works across organizational boundaries to align resources with program technical needs.
• Ensures technical execution is carried out in a cost effective manner, driving disciplined engineering practices, design efficiency, and efficient use of program resources while safeguarding system performance, mission effectiveness, and technical integrity.
• Leads the development of highly accurate, risk informed technical estimates, including engineering scope, performance margins, integration complexity, and technical cost drivers. Ensures estimates reflect current data, supplier inputs, and evolving program conditions.
• Oversees the creation of technical basis of estimate packages and supports program budget development, ensuring that technical content is complete, credible, and aligned with program strategy. Presents technical justifications to senior leadership with clarity and authority.
• Provides strategic technical workforce planning to ensure the program has the right engineering skills, capacity, and leadership at each phase of execution. Anticipates future staffing needs based on technical maturity, risk posture, and program lifecycle.
• Evaluates engineering candidates and technical leaders with rigor, ensuring the program is staffed with personnel who possess the depth of experience needed for high consequence technical execution. Promotes technical excellence through thoughtful selection and development of talent.
• Facilitates productive technical debate and alternative trade exploration, using disagreement constructively to sharpen decisions, reduce risk, and broaden engineering perspective. Ensures technical resolutions balance performance, schedule, cost, and customer priorities.
• Builds and sustains a strong engineering culture characterized by trust, collaboration, and technical ownership. Promotes cross discipline integration, transparent communication, and shared responsibility for program success.
• Delegates technical responsibilities effectively across IPT leads, ensuring clarity of authority and accountability while maintaining oversight of overall system performance and technical coherence.
• Clearly defines technical roles, expectations, and decision rights for engineering leads. Ensures alignment between individual engineering tasks and the program’s overarching technical objectives, adjusting responsibilities as program needs evolve.
• Conducts thorough technical performance reviews, including regular engagement with engineering teams, to assess progress, identify emerging risks, and drive continuous improvement in execution and technical quality.
• Encourages ongoing professional development for engineering staff by promoting targeted training, technical certifications, and advanced learning opportunities that support mission needs and long term organizational capability.
• Performs other technical leadership duties as required by senior program or executive management, including high visibility customer engagements, technical deep dives, and support to enterprise level engineering initiatives.

Education, Experience, License, or Certification:
• STEM degree with 20+ years of experience in engineering for defense or vehicle programs
• Eligible to obtain Security Clearance.