Tampa, Florida, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Aerospace engineering, Aircraft modification, Systems integration, Airworthiness certification, FAA regulations
Stockholm, Sweden · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: C++, 3D Engine Development, Rendering Architectures, Shader Programming, GPU Pipeline Mastery
Tampa, Florida, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Microsoft Project Web App (PWA), Production Scheduling, Resource Management, Project Tracking, Aviation Maintenance
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States · On-site
$110k–$130k/yr
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Systems Administration, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, DISA STIGs
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: .NET, API Development, SFTP, SQL, D365 FO
São José da Laje, Alagoas, Brazil · Hybrid
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: ISR, PED workflows, Intelligence analysis, Mission coordination, Operational reporting
São José da Laje, Alagoas, Brazil · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: King Air 200/300 operation, Pilot-in-command, Multi-engine aircraft, Turboprop aircraft, Flight planning
City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: People Operations, HR Coordination, HR Advisory, Employee Lifecycle Management, Australian Employment Law
United States · On-site
$135k–$151k/yr
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Pilot in command, Crew resource management, Safety management system, Flight planning, Aviation weather analysis
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Infrastructure Planning, Logistics Management, Vendor Management, Supply Chain Operations, Budget Management
Temecula, California, United States · On-site
$275k–$350k/yr
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Aerospace leadership, Defense industry expertise, Aerial refueling, Aviation regulatory compliance, FAA airworthiness
Victor, New York, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Java, Python, HTML Frameworks, Linux, Windows
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Azure, Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Corporate credit card administration, Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Accounts payable
Huntsville, Alabama, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Digital Signal Processing, Software Defined Radio, RF Systems, Algorithm Development, MATLAB
Huntsville, Alabama, United States · On-site
$120k–$140k/yr
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Mechanical design, CAD modeling, GD&T, Tolerance analysis, Manufacturing processes
United States · Remote OK
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Signals intelligence, Electronic warfare, Cybersecurity, Linux, Computer networking
United States · Remote OK
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Cyber enablement, ISR, Radio frequency theory
United States · Remote OK
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: ISR operations, Electro-optical sensor operation, Infrared sensor operation, Tactical radio communication, Mission computer operation
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Talent acquisition, Executive search, Stakeholder management, Recruitment strategy, Consultative approach
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The Head of Engineering Design leads multidisciplinary teams in the design, development, and integration of complex aircraft modifications across various platforms. This role ensures technical execution, regulatory compliance, and alignment with business objectives while overseeing the full lifecycle of modification programs.
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and at least 10 years of progressively responsible aerospace engineering experience. Strong expertise in aircraft certification, systems integration, and leadership within highly regulated aviation environments is required.
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The Head of Engineering Design leads the engineering organization responsible for the design, development and integration of aircraft modifications across a mixed portfolio of aircraft platforms from twin engine turboprops to large jet aircraft. This position provides technical and organizational leadership for multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex aircraft modification programs, including (but not limited too) structural, mechanical, electrical, avionics, mission systems and cabins for special-mission integrations. These integrations support operations around the globe in various regulatory environments. The Head of Engineering Design is accountable for engineering design quality, technical execution, resource planning, schedule performance, regulatory compliance, and alignment with business and customer objectives.
The Head of Engineering Design will bring substantial aircraft modification experience, strong engineering judgment, and a demonstrated ability to lead teams through technically complex, safety-critical, and highly regulated programs.
Applicants must be a US citizen.
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
This job operates in an office setting.
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At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
Providing solutions for the toughest problems in national security. Multi-mission, multi-domain, effects-based.
Metrea, formerly Meta Aerospace, offers a deep stack of defense capabilities and services for our customers and partners, allowing them to anticipate, secure, and defend their interests in a rapidly changing problem space. We architect cutting-edge solutions across a wide variety of missions from ISR services, to multi-mission electromagnetic technologies, to simulations applications.
Offices: Washington, DC, US · London, GB
Providing solutions for the toughest problems in national security. Multi-mission, multi-domain, effects-based.
Metrea, formerly Meta Aerospace, offers a deep stack of defense capabilities and services for our customers and partners, allowing them to anticipate, secure, and defend their interests in a rapidly changing problem space. We architect cutting-edge solutions across a wide variety of missions from ISR services, to multi-mission electromagnetic technologies, to simulations applications.
Offices: Washington, DC, US · London, GB
