Top Director Of Engineering Jobs

Lead and develop motor engineering team, drive motor technology strategy, oversee end-to-end motor development, collaborate with suppliers and engineering teams, ensure optimal performances and manufacturability of motor systems.

The Director will define AI strategies, lead development of AI agents, drive engineering enablement, and ensure solutions meet business objectives while aligning with enterprise standards.

Lead the strategy and execution for DigitalOcean's agentic AI infrastructure: design and scale runtimes, sandboxed execution, tool and state management, launch revenue-driving SKUs, optimize efficiency and margins, and build a high-performing distributed engineering organization focused on reliability and operational excellence.

Lead technical direction, delivery, and people for Real Estate engineering teams across front-end, backend, and data platforms. Drive architecture, API and data integrations, CI/CD, observability, and production stability while coaching engineers, coordinating cross-team delivery, and enforcing engineering standards for scalable, secure, and reliable systems.

Lead Security Engineering & Operations: develop and execute information security strategy, manage security infrastructure (firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, endpoint protection), oversee detection engineering and incident response, manage teams and vendor relationships (MSSP/XDR), collaborate with engineering/DevOps, and maintain security metrics and compliance.

Oversee preventive maintenance, repairs, safety, service standards, vendor contracts, consultants, and maintenance transitions across multiple hotel properties. Analyze performance trends, manage room maintenance programs, and ensure consistent operational quality. The role requires hotel experience, an engineering or construction management degree, flexible scheduling, and travel up to 80% of the time throughout the Eastern United States.

Lead property engineering operations including HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, electrical, and life-safety systems. Manage budgets, preventative maintenance and 10-year asset plans, service contracts, construction projects, payroll, P&L reporting, regulatory compliance, and engineering staff development and HR activities.

Lead and scale multidisciplinary engineering for the Group 3 V-BAT UAS: define technical strategy and architecture, drive execution across flight software, autonomy, avionics, propulsion and payloads, enforce engineering governance and compliance, hire and mentor leaders, and engage executives, customers, and partners to deliver and sustain deployed aircraft.

Lead and scale a global Data Platform engineering team to deliver a cloud-native, serverless microservices data platform. Define architecture and roadmaps for petabyte-scale data processing, AI/LLM-enabled features (RAG), high-throughput ETL, and secure REST APIs while ensuring CI/CD, DevOps, cost optimization, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA/GDPR).

Lead finance and accounting transformation to real-time financials by 2029. Drive AI-enabled process re-engineering, lead Six Sigma belt teams, and manage large-scale projects and new product process design to improve finance operations.

Lead engineering strategy and implementation for advanced aerospace manufacturing (machining, CNC, welding, assembly). Oversee tooling, machine programming, process controls, ERP/data systems, and cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, and technical goals while supporting business development and standardization across sites.

Lead and manage engineering teams to design, deliver, and support mission-critical Treasury/CIO trade execution systems. Define technology strategy, ensure regulatory and risk compliance, drive cloud, microservices, DevOps, and AI-enabled capabilities for trading, and mentor engineering talent.

Lead infrastructure engineering across cloud, on‑prem, and SaaS environments; set strategy, governance, and AI-assisted workflow standards; manage large cross‑functional teams, budgets, and SLAs; drive risk, security, compliance, automation, and scalable infrastructure solutions using Agile practices.

Lead Corporate Engineering by setting strategy, standards, and priorities; manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and budgets; coordinate engineering across business units; drive capital project execution, FEED/FEL governance, continuous improvement, and stakeholder alignment; support Transformation Office and report KPIs to enterprise leadership.

Lead technical strategy, execution, integration, testing, and certification for large manned aircraft programs. Oversee multidisciplinary teams across software, systems, avionics, mission systems, and test. Manage technical risk, drive reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR/Flight Readiness), direct Systems Integration Lab activities, and coordinate with regulators for aircraft certification while mentoring engineering staff and promoting innovation and engineering excellence.

The Senior Director of Engineering leads engineering strategy, mentors teams, oversees project delivery, collaborates with stakeholders, and champions best practices for operational excellence.

Lead customer launches, manage a team of engineers, define success metrics, and drive implementation excellence for AI-powered communication solutions.

Lead and manage an optical engineering team to develop high-performance optical systems for semiconductor equipment. Own complex system projects from specification through design, supplier collaboration, integration, qualification, troubleshooting, and feasibility studies. Drive R&D, vendor strategy, customer technical engagement, mentoring, alignment strategies, error budgets, and system-level requirements and risk management.

Leads Medtronic’s global Value Analysis and Value Engineering strategy to improve product costs, gross margins, and customer value while maintaining quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. Oversees a 40+ person organization, drives cross-functional VAVE initiatives across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, regulatory, marketing, and finance, and embeds Design-for-Value and manufacturability principles throughout the product lifecycle. Establishes governance, KPIs, cost optimization programs, organizational capability, and executive-level margin expansion initiatives.

Lead and scale engineering teams to transform the network into an Intent-Based, Infrastructure-as-Code platform. Drive automation, AI integration, microservices, cloud deployments, and engineering practice maturity. Mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, improve resilience and scalability, and replace manual operations with intelligent network automation.

Leads a multi-team flight software organization responsible for mission-critical embedded software on Blue Ring spacecraft. Owns technical strategy, architecture, roadmap, software quality, verification, validation, staffing, budget, and delivery. Partners with systems, avionics, GNC, and mission operations teams, represents software in program reviews, manages risks and resources, and develops engineering managers and senior technical talent.

Own the clinical platform’s performance and multi-region architecture strategy, including scalability, data residency, localization, observability, and regulatory controls. Lead and grow an offshore Eastern European engineering team, establish distributed delivery practices, define cross-team engineering standards, manage technical risks, mentor senior engineers, and communicate architecture strategy to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Leads and scales C3 AI’s Americas Forward Deployed Engineering organization, overseeing 50–100 engineers and multiple FDE managers. Owns technical execution, customer delivery, architecture, engineering standards, staffing, talent development, organizational performance, and executive communication. Partners with sales, product, platform, engineering, and industry leaders to deliver production-quality enterprise AI applications, resolve escalations, and translate customer needs into scalable solutions. Travel to customer and company locations is required.

Leads engineering delivery and modernization roadmaps for retail front-store merchandising technology. Drives AI-enabled transformation, manages risks, dependencies, program plans, KPIs, reporting, stakeholder communication, and vendor relationships. Partners with business, product, architecture, PMO, and engineering teams to execute large-scale software programs and achieve business outcomes.

Leads a product engineering domain responsible for client-facing SaaS products, integrations, and workflows. Oversees hiring, coaching, architecture, delivery, incident management, and multiple product lines. Partners with Product Management on strategy and roadmaps, communicates tradeoffs across business functions, supports client engagements, and ensures reliable, high-quality releases. The role requires strong backend product engineering expertise and leadership in complex data environments.