Senior Engineering Manager (Civil Aviation)

About the role

As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Civil Aviation team, you will lead the execution of large-scale, mission-critical systems that power aviation operations. You will oversee multiple engineering teams across a complex, multi-year roadmap, ensuring systems meet strict reliability, performance, and compliance requirements. You will drive execution across parallel workstreams, aligning teams around clear technical direction and delivery against a highly complex set of system requirements, while operating deeply at the system design level—guiding architecture, enforcing engineering standards, and ensuring consistency across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of large-scale, mission-critical systems that power aviation operations.
• Oversee multiple engineering teams across a complex, multi-year roadmap, ensuring systems meet strict reliability, performance, and compliance requirements.
• Drive execution across parallel workstreams, aligning teams around clear technical direction and delivery against a highly complex set of system requirements, while operating deeply at the system design level—guiding architecture, enforcing engineering standards, and ensuring consistency across distributed systems.
• Lead and develop teams through a high-autonomy management approach: setting clear expectations and direction, supporting individual growth, and establishing the right metrics and feedback loops to ensure teams are operating effectively—ultimately creating clarity and systems that allow teams to execute independently without heavy day-to-day oversight.
• Partner closely with product, program management, and domain experts to coordinate delivery across teams, building systems that integrate complex datasets, support simulations, and enable real-time decision-making.

Requirements

• Strong experience leading large-scale engineering efforts across multiple teams (e.g., 5–7+ teams)
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-year roadmaps with many interdependent systems and requirements
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and system design, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance
• Experience driving high-availability systems (e.g., 99.99% uptime) and enforcing reliability standards across teams
• At least 2-3+ years of engineering management experience, with prior experience as a software engineer
• Ability to set structure, align teams, and drive execution across large programs
• Experience coordinating work across multiple parallel workstreams with clear ownership and accountability
• Strong judgment in prioritization, tradeoffs, and delivery under constraints
• High bar for engineering quality, operational excellence, and accountability
• Ability to build trust and lead effectively in a mission-critical environment
• Exposure to geospatial, mapping, navigation, or aviation-related systems is a plus
• Experience working in cloud environments and regulated systems (e.g., FedRAMP or similar) is a plus

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in software engineering and/or engineering management
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, mission-critical systems
• Experience with distributed systems and system design, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance
• Experience with high-availability systems and enforcing reliability standards across teams
• Experience managing complex, multi-year roadmaps with many interdependent systems and requirements
• Experience coordinating work across multiple parallel workstreams with clear ownership and accountability
• Experience building systems that integrate complex datasets, support simulations, and enable real-time decision-making
• Experience working in cloud environments and regulated systems (e.g., FedRAMP or similar)

Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies
• Knowledge of industry best practices and trends

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Flexible work schedule
• Professional development opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday