Director of Engineering
Keller Executive Search
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Missouri City, TX · $200k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $200,000 a year. Across 45 open director of engineering listings that state pay, the middle half runs $203,500 to $290,000 and the median is $256,500. That is 22% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...operating within a technically complex product and manufacturing environment. The organization is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead key engineering and product development activities while supporting the continued development of the engineering...