Director of Engineering

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. The Engineering Director will lead multiple engineering disciplines from R&D to production, overseeing the transition from lab prototypes to field-ready weapon systems and managing the engineering organization to ensure successful project delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Technical direction across software, firmware, controls, hardware integration, and test for the full system
• The R&D to production transition and authority architecture taking subsystems from prototype through field-ready and manufacturable
• Multi-team execution under ambiguous requirements, charting clear guidance and seeing projects through delivery
• Field testing leadership, from test article design through scoring system performance in non-lab conditions
• Building and scaling the engineering org from hiring, structure, and growing high-performing teams from the ground up
• Customer and program interface, translating mission requirements into engineering execution
• The technical bar across the team. An engineer first, and leader second. You raise it by how you work, not by what you say