Director, Air Vehicle Integration

Own systems integration end-to-end: define and maintain the integration architecture, interface control documents, and system-level verification strategy across Merlin’s flight vehicle, avionics, controls, and software programs.

Lead integration planning and execution across the full development lifecycle — from requirements decomposition through subsystem verification, system test, and aircraft-level validation.

Identify and manage interface risk across all technical disciplines, driving resolution of conflicts before they become program problems and maintaining a clear picture of open items, owners, and closure criteria.

Define and own the system-level test and integration planning, including ground integration testing, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and the transition to aircraft-level testing.

Partner with Flight Ops, Flight Controls, Avionics, Software, and Product Systems Engineering to establish and hold interface agreements, ensuring every team understands what it owes and what it is owed.

Lead major integration reviews including, bid and proposal reviews, system integration reviews, test readiness reviews, and configuration audits, and prepare the program for certification milestone events.

Build and lead the systems integration team: define roles, hire technical leads, and develop engineers who can own integration problems independently.

Drive root cause analysis and corrective action when system-level issues surface in test or flight, and ensure lessons are systematically captured and closed.

Serve as a key technical interface to certification authorities on system-level integration, verification, and validation evidence.

Establish integration processes and tooling that scale with the program — from a development program to a certified, deployed product.