Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Manager

About the role

Aerostar, a business unit of TCOM, is seeking a Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Manager to lead the technical execution and strategic direction of our mechanical and aerospace engineering efforts. This role combines engineering leadership, technical oversight, and organizational coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and vision for mechanical and aerospace system design across multiple programs
• Lead and manage mechanical and aerospace engineering resources, including project planning, staffing, prioritization, execution tracking, and technical coordination
• Support program execution through cost, schedule, technical, and risk oversight
• Guide the development of mechanical architecture, structural designs, aerodynamic concepts, and system integration approaches
• Oversee engineering activities related to structural analysis, thermal analysis, environmental considerations, and mechanical performance
• Prepare and present technical materials for major program reviews, including Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs)
• Collaborate with manufacturing, test engineering, and operations teams to ensure designs are producible, testable, maintainable, and operationally effective
• Oversee the integration, testing, analysis, and documentation of mechanical and aerospace systems
• Serve as a technical interface to customers for mechanical and aerospace engineering-related program activities
• Analyze existing systems and recommend improvements, enhancements, and modernization strategies
• Build relationships with external partners, suppliers, and technology providers to strengthen strategic capabilities

Requirements

You are an experienced engineering leader with a strong technical background and the ability to lead complex engineering efforts from concept through operational deployment. You have experience developing aerospace or mechanical systems for demanding operational environments and can guide teams through challenging technical and programmatic problems. You are comfortable balancing technical leadership with project execution responsibilities, including planning, estimation, staffing, prioritization, progress tracking, and customer communication. You can operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels, helping define long-term technical direction while ensuring day-to-day engineering execution remains on track. You communicate effectively with engineers, program leadership, customers, manufacturers, and operations personnel and can clearly present complex technical concepts during program reviews and customer engagements. A strong engineering background is required. Experience or education in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience is typically required. Prior technical leadership or engineering management experience is preferred. Preferred experience includes aerospace structures and mechanical system design, structural, thermal, or aerodynamic analysis, mechanical system integration and environmental qualification testing, CAD and engineering analysis tools, design for manufacturability and producibility, requirements development and technical documentation, program execution in aerospace, defense, or other regulated industries, project planning, estimation, scheduling, and resource management, experience preparing for and participating in PDR/CDR and other formal technical reviews.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience

Skills

Strong engineering background

Benefits

Health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts/HSAs, EAP, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid time off (PTO), and company-paid holidays