Engineering Manager

Baxter Aerospace is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team, own day-to-day execution, and help turn company priorities into delivered results.

Reporting to the CEO, you’ll take ownership of engineering planning, team coordination, and follow-through—giving the CEO more capacity to focus on company direction, customers, partnerships, and growth. We’re looking for someone who brings sound technical judgment, creates clarity, and keeps work moving without needing constant direction.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the engineering team. Set clear expectations, coach engineers, provide feedback, and build accountability for quality and results.
• Own engineering execution. Translate business priorities into practical plans with clear owners, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage priorities and capacity. Balance project demands, assign work thoughtfully, and make tradeoffs visible before commitments are at risk.
• Remove roadblocks. Resolve day-to-day issues, coordinate across functions, and bring the right people together to make decisions.
• Drive technical decisions. Guide design reviews and problem-solving while ensuring appropriate attention to safety, reliability, documentation, and applicable requirements.
• Build effective processes. Establish a useful rhythm for planning, reviews, and progress updates that supports the team as it grows.
• Keep the CEO informed. Communicate progress, risks, and decisions clearly. Resolve issues within your authority and escalate with context and a recommendation.
• Develop the organization. Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and the growth of future technical leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers or managing an engineering team.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities, assign resources, and hold teams accountable for deadlines and quality.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide design reviews, troubleshoot problems, and make informed decisions.
• Experience coaching engineers, setting performance expectations, and addressing performance issues directly.
• Ability to translate company goals into clear engineering plans and day-to-day priorities.
• Demonstrated ownership and follow-through, with the confidence to resolve issues independently and recognize when leadership input is needed.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to give the CEO concise updates on progress, risks, and decisions.
• Experience coordinating engineering work with manufacturing, suppliers, customers, or other business functions.
• Ability to establish practical processes and documentation that support a growing team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or another industry with demanding safety and reliability requirements.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems, configuration management, and verification and validation.
• Experience working in a small or growing company and partnering directly with a CEO or founder.
• Experience hiring engineers and developing future team leaders.