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# Director, Evacuation & Oxygen Systems Engineering(Onsite)

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Lenexa, KS, United States
- **Salary:** $186,200
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Microsoft Office, SAP (Applications), Siemens NX, Creo, Teamcenter (Software)
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://globalhr.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/REC_RTX_Ext_Gateway/job/US-KS-LENEXA-885--15701-W-95Th-St--KIN01-W-95TH-885/Director--Evacuation---Oxygen-Systems-Engineering-Onsite-_01888253

## About the Role

* Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
 * Technical degree (ie mechanical, systems or similar)
 * Engineering background
 * Technical leadership experience with a global team

Qualifications We Prefer:

 * Continuous Improvement experience
 * Experience with organizational/transformational change
 * Manufacturing or mechanical product experience
 * Budget and resource management experience
 * SAP, Teamcenter, CREO, Unigraphics experience
 * MS Office Suite

## Description

The Director of Engineering for Evacuation and Oxygen Systems is accountable for providing overarching leadership, strategic direction, and organizational vision for a global engineering function responsible for delivering world-class evacuation and oxygen products. This role ensures engineering excellence by aligning departmental goals with broader business objectives, driving predictable program execution, and cultivating a culture rooted in CORE and RLPM principles. The Director is responsible for managing a large, diverse organization of approximately 160 engineers and 90 global partners, setting long-term strategy, overseeing department health, managing budgets and resources, and ensuring the team maintains the technical maturity and skillsets needed to support current and future product roadmaps. The purpose of the role centers on enabling high-quality engineering output through strong leadership, effective prioritization, continuous improvement, and a deep commitment to customer
needs. Day-to-day responsibilities include solving complex cross-functional challenges, communicating program status and strategic priorities, supporting financial forecasting, assessing resource alignment, and ensuring the engineering organization consistently meets business commitments.

What You Will Do:

 * Motivate, inspire, and drive engineering teams to drive a culture of excellence and pride of ownership.
 * Lead, mentor, coach, and guide engineering managers.
 * Own the execution of long-term strategy and engineering direction.
 * Work cross-functionally across multiple teams and departments - identifying any hurdles to progress and improving internal and cross-functional communications and processes.
 * Ensure alignment of business priorities and executing engineering activities to business commitments.
 * Work closely with the General Manager sharing current state of engineering activities and discussing business strategy and key opportunities.
 * Execute engineering activities to the department budget
 * Drive talent development to ensure critical skillsets are maintained and resources are positioned to support business needs.