Our client, a California-based aerospace company, is hiring a Chief Technology Officer to serve as the top engineering leader for its hybrid-electric drive-and-fly vehicle, directing aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, batteries, avionics, flight controls, autonomy, simulation, systems integration and engineering test.
Responsibilities: Set the vehicle technical roadmap with leadership. Oversee and resolve cross-discipline technical decisions. Build and mentor the engineering team and recruit for upcoming program phases. Lead architecture and design reviews balancing performance, reliability and cost. Partner with airworthiness and flight test on readiness and risk. Guide autonomy, flight controls and physical systems integration. Develop supplier strategy. Establish requirements and engineering-change controls; partner with the Program Manager on priorities and staffing.
Work arrangement: Full-time, based at Eagle Field Airport (Firebaugh, CA); Bay Area/Palo Alto presence preferred; on-site or hybrid with travel to Eagle Field; not primarily remote. Relocation candidates welcome. US work authorization required; no visa sponsorship. Compensation: up to $250,000 base plus stock options.
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