What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Software Development position at AEVEX?
Work Arrangement
This is an onsite position.
Job Overview
The Director of Software Development is a is a senior engineering manager responsible for overseeing the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions that align with organizational goals. This role leads multiple development teams, drives technical excellence, fosters innovation, and ensures scalable processes to support growth. The Director partners closely with hardware, systems, operations, and business leaders to deliver customer-focused solutions while ensuring best practices in engineering and development lifecycle management. The Director owns the software development capability for the business unit and is responsible for staffing, mentoring and growing high performing teams.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is:
Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment
Security Clearance
AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
This is an onsite position.
Job Overview
The Director of Software Development is a is a senior engineering manager responsible for overseeing the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions that align with organizational goals. This role leads multiple development teams, drives technical excellence, fosters innovation, and ensures scalable processes to support growth. The Director partners closely with hardware, systems, operations, and business leaders to deliver customer-focused solutions while ensuring best practices in engineering and development lifecycle management. The Director owns the software development capability for the business unit and is responsible for staffing, mentoring and growing high performing teams.
Essential Functions
- Provide strategic direction and leadership for software development teams, ensuring alignment with company vision, goals, and product roadmap.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior technical staff to build high performing, collaborative, and engaged teams.
- Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality, and budget requirements.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including coding standards, architecture design, testing, and CI/CD.
- Drive innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and methodologies to improve development efficiency and product capabilities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, QA, DevOps, and other business units to ensure successful product releases and customer satisfaction.
- Develop and manage budgets, software tools and systems architectures for the business unit product lines.
- Manage resource planning, hiring, and career development within the development organization.
- Monitor and improve software development processes, tools, and metrics to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and data protection standards in software design and delivery.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
- Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
- Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale, complex software projects teams from conception to delivery.
- Deep understanding of modern software development practices, AI, cloud architectures, and agile methodologies.
- Strong technical background
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with technical engagement when needed.
- Directs and provides expert knowledge in the strategic function of the department.
- Develops short and long-term people and organizational strategy in alignment with AEVEX goals and direction.
- Leads with impact & influence. Establishes credibility, effectively persuades and develops others, and achieves important objectives collaboratively.
- Identifies, recruits, and retains top-notch talent.
- Champions AEVEX’s culture and empowers employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals.
- Sets performance standards and encourages employee engagement and results through delegation, continuous feedback, goal setting, and performance management.
- Maintains transparent communication. Appropriately communicates organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, and regular interpersonal communication.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 10 years of progressive software development experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing managers and technical teams.
- Experience managing budgets, vendor relationships, and distributed/remote teams is a plus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is:
Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment
Security Clearance
- Active Top Secret DoD Clearance, U.S. Citizenship preferred.
AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.