Top 9 Design director Jobs in San Diego, Ca

Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards
SHIELD AI —San Diego, CA
- $209,197 - $313,795 a year
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- Communication skills
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Director of SoC Design
Marvell —San Diego, CA
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- Bachelor of Science
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Director HW Design Quality Engineering - New Product Introductions
Dexcom —San Diego, CA
- $164,200 - $273,600 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
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Creative Director, Campaigns
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- Health insurance
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Coronado Unified —San Diego, CA
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Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards

SHIELD AI -
San Diego, CA

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Job Details

Full-time
$209,197 - $313,795 a year

Qualifications

Aerospace design
Document control experience within engineering industry
Configuration management
GD&T
Design engineering
Scalability
Quality improvement programs in engineering
Engineering quality assurance

Full Job Description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. As we scale both our proven VBAT platform and develop next-generation systems like XBAT, we are investing in how we build—not just what we build.

We are seeking a senior technical leader to define and operationalize engineering design standards across the company. This position is focused on establishing engineering excellence—driving consistency, rigor, and scalability across design, analysis, certification, CAD, documentation, and configuration management.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad scope across multiple engineering disciplines, responsible for raising the bar on engineering quality without slowing down execution.

What you'll do:

Establish and own engineering design standards across programs, including XBAT and VBAT
Define and standardize best practices for aerospace design, analysis workflows, and system-level engineering rigor
Develop standards for CAD usage, drawing quality, standard notes, release processes, and engineering documentation
Manufacturing & supply chain handoff including EBOM and MBOM creation along with driving part demand
Build and mature an engineering excellence framework that scales with the company
Partner with engineering leadership to align teams on consistent ways of working
Ensure standards are practical, accessible, and consistently applied across teams
Influence design decisions and engineering processes across disciplines without becoming a bottleneck
Support both near-term program execution and long-term scalability of engineering processes
Drive improvements in configuration management, documentation quality, and design consistency
Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.

Required qualifications:

10+ years of experience in aerospace or high-performance hardware design environments
Deep experience working within organizations that maintain strong engineering standards and design rigor
Broad technical background across multiple engineering domains (mechanical, aerospace, systems, etc.)
Experience defining or applying design standards, documentation practices, and configuration management systems
Familiarity with industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, DO-160, and ASME Y14.5 (GD&T)
Demonstrated ability to influence senior engineers and drive alignment across teams
Strong track record of improving engineering quality, consistency, and scalability
Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate standards and expectations across technical audiences

$209,197 - $313,795 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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Director of SoC Design

Director HW Design Quality Engineering - New Product Introductions

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