Job Title: Director, Engineering Job Number: 43008Location: Nashville, TNSchedule: 9/80 (every other Friday off!)Job Description:We are seeking a strategic and results-driven
Director, Engineering, to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering organization within one of LHX's most dynamic sectors. As a key member of the TSS Leadership Team, this role owns the technical vision, execution, and performance of the Sector engineering organization across the full lifecycle-from R&D through production and sustainment.
Reporting directly to the Sector President and indirectly to the Vice President, Engineering & Program Excellence, this leader is accountable for aligning engineering strategy with business growth priorities, customer commitments, and long-term enterprise objectives while operating in a complex, highly regulated environment that demands both innovation and rigor. The role will drive engineering transformation, strengthen organizational capability, and build a high-performing culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Essential Functions:- Own and execute the Sector engineering strategy in alignment with business growth and operational priorities.
- Lead end-to-end technical strategy and product development across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Translate enterprise and customer needs into actionable technical roadmaps and delivery plans.
- Accountable for engineering execution across development, quality, deployment, and sustainment of products and solutions.
- Lead engineering transformation initiatives that improve scalability, efficiency, and technical capability across the Sector.
- Drive long-term technical planning, including technology roadmaps, organizational design, succession planning, and capacity planning.
- Champion innovation by driving adoption of emerging technologies, modern tools, and improved ways of working while ensuring delivery accountability.
- Provide executive leadership oversight across engineering activities spanning four business units.
- Ensure delivery excellence across cost, schedule, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements.
- Establish governance models, metrics, and operating rhythms to ensure consistent execution and accountability across teams.
- Own resource planning, prioritization, and allocation to optimize delivery against business and program commitments.
- Standardize engineering processes, tools, and best practices to improve efficiency and scalability across the Sector.
- Build and develop a strong leadership pipeline and high-performing engineering organization.
Qualifications:- Advanced Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline with a minimum of 15 years of prior related leadership experience.
- Active Top Secret Clearance
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time, including international travel, as required.
Preferred Additional Skills:- Active Secret Security Clearance
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations across multiple business units or sites.
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements including ITAR, and related industry standards.
- Proven success leading technical strategy, product development, operational transformation, and organizational growth initiatives.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to plan, execute, and deliver complex initiatives on time and within budget.
- Demonstrated success supporting factory readiness, production launch, and full product lifecycle management activities.
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to align engineering priorities to operational and commercial objectives.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and executive influencing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change and build high-performing, engaged technical organizations.
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