Director of Engineering, Aerospace

The Director of Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership for Pall Aerospaces UK engineering organization across multiple sites in Portsmouth and Redruth ensuring world-class execution across new product development sustaining engineering compliance and innovation. This role translates business and technology strategies into actionable engineering priorities drives delivery on commitments and builds a high-performing engineering team.

Pall Aerospaces engineering organization supports the design development and sustainment of aerospace filtration and separation products including filters separators and fluid management systems serving both commercial and military aerospace applications. These products operate in highly regulated safetycritical environments requiring strong systems engineering rigor compliance to aerospace standards and close collaboration with customers and internal partners throughout the product lifecycle.

This position will be an on-site role based in Portsmouth UK reporting to the VP- Global Engineering and is part of the Aerospace Engineering Leadership team

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Define and execute the engineering strategy for the Portsmouth and Redruth sites aligning with global business objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Lead resource planning performance management talent development and succession planning to build a strong engaged engineering organization.
• Establish clear objectives KPIs and governance processes to ensure on-time on-cost and on-quality delivery.
• Partner with Operations Quality Supply Chain and Program Management to drive seamless execution and resolve technical challenges.
• Advance Pall Aerospaces filtration and separation technologies through innovation VAVE initiatives and obsolescence management.
• Provide technical oversight for all NPI/NPD and sustaining engineering projects from concept through production release and drive rapid resolution of technical issues impacting production quality and customer delivery.
• Ensure adherence to aerospace standards (AS9100) gated development processes and regulatory requirements.
• The incumbent will also serve as HDO (Head of Design Organization) from a CAA perspective providing leadership over design governance regulatory engagement and airworthiness compliance.
  

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors degree with 12 years of relevant engineering experience with emphasis on support and sustainment programs OR Masters/Doctoral degree with 8 years of relevant experience.
• 10 years of progressive engineering experience in aerospace or similarly regulated high-reliability industries.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex product development programs.
• Strong working knowledge of aerospace standards (AS9100) gated development processes and regulated product environments.
• Demonstrated success driving NPI/NPD execution cost-reduction programs and sustaining engineering performance.
• Excellent leadership communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Join our winning team today. Together well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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