Director of Engineering
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About the Role
Rebel Recruiters is hiring a Director of Engineering - Platform for a confidential eVTOL aerospace programme in Dubai South.
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Responsibilities
- Own engineering operations for the Platform stream
- Build the team
- Run the technical maturity cadence
- Manage the gate review rhythm
- Allocate resources across the domain Chief Engineers
- Keep the programme moving from early architecture through to certification and production
Requirements
- Led teams of serious engineers Chief Engineers or equivalent on certified civil aerospace programmes
- Built an engineering organisation in the early stages of a complex programme
- Comfortable with greenfield ambiguity
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Role Overview
- Most senior engineering roles are about maintaining something someone else built. This one isn't.
- We've just come off a briefing with the leadership team of one of the most ambitious aerospace programmes in the world right now.
- A Director of Engineering Platform role on a confidential eVTOL programme based in Dubai South.
- The aircraft is a next generation electric platform designed to deliver life saving emergency response capability.
- The company is both OEM and operator they will certify the aircraft and operate a fleet at scale.
- They're doing it under a 20 year sovereign customer agreement.
What does the role involve?
- You will own engineering operations for the Platform stream.
- That means building the team, running the technical maturity cadence, managing the gate review rhythm, allocating resources across the domain Chief Engineers, and keeping the programme moving from early architecture through to certification and production.
- You sit alongside the Chief Engineer Platform as an equal counterpart, and you report directly to the CTO.
- This is not a technical design role. It is a programme execution and people leadership role. The CE decides what gets built. You make sure it gets built.
Who are we looking for?
- Someone who has led teams of serious engineers Chief Engineers or equivalent on certified civil aerospace programmes.
- Someone who has built an engineering organisation in the early stages of a complex programme, not just joined one that was already running.
- Someone who is comfortable with greenfield ambiguity and thrives in it rather than tolerating it.
The package
- Tax free in Dubai.
- Relocation package included.
- Senior leadership level.
- Salary details available on application.
A note on the location
- Dubai South is adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport one of the most significant aviation infrastructure developments in the world.
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