Summary
The Sr. Manager, Mechanical & Systems Engineering is an experienced individual within the aerospace, technology, or related industry with extensive knowledge performing one's function, focused on the development of the next generation UAV systems and their subsystems. As a member of the Engineering management team, this position is responsible for executing the strategic technology roadmap that will drive the business growth in a very competitive market space. This will include all levels and facets of design from requirements generation, conceptual design, and detailed design and will include building and testing of these systems. This position is responsible for building a functional organization that has the capabilities and capacities to meet the business needs.
Position Responsibilities
- Manages a group of mechanical, aerospace, and systems engineering professionals, including budget planning, staffing, training, performance evaluation, and career development.
- Provides support and mentorship to engineers across a wide portfolio of development projects.
- Manages the design and development of new Unmanned Aircraft System products as well as product changes and enhancements
- Directly supports the development of active projects as well as generation of concepts and material for emerging opportunities including proposals for new projects.
- Responsible for managing resources to meet project demands by planning workload for aeromechanical design activities
- Provides technical expertise and guidance to team to meet guidelines for DfX (manufacturing, cost, reliability, maintenance, etc.)
- Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction with both internal and external customers
- Utilizes modeling-based systems engineering and design practices
- Serves as connection point between design, manufacturing, and quality engineering team
- Frequently interacts with customers and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas
- Assists with communicating business priorities as it relates to team’s area of responsibilities in order to help facilitate a clear vision of priorities and risks.
- Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, and work plans
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Minimum of 12+ years' experience in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems field, of which a minimum of 5 years designing, analyzing, and maintaining complex mechanical systems with demonstrated transition to deployment of hardware
- Minimum of 5 years in a managerial/supervisory role
- Experienced and knowledgeable of aerospace mechanical systems specially aerostructures, flight control systems, propulsion systems, and composite materials
- Experienced with CAD software for 3D models and 2D drawings (SolidWorks preferred)
- Experienced with configuration management in a PLM-based system (Agile preferred)
- Experienced with requirements development and management (JAMA preferred)
- Has developed systems test plans, procedures, and reports against internal and customer requirements and specifications in an Aerospace and Defense environment
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and success to deliver products that meet requirements on time and on budget.
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
- Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering is preferred
- Demonstrated success with DoD acquisition or development programs
- Demonstrates competency in converting a developed concept into a high-quality, manufacturable design
- Demonstrates competency in implementing Agile methods and tools (JIRA) to plan, track progress and remain on schedule and proposes strategies for further efficiency
- Willingness and Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance/US citizenship preferred
Physical Demands
- Ability to work in an office and production environment (Constant)
- Ability to support field testing and integration assignments. (Infrequently)
Special Requirements:
- U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) required, per ITAR definition
- Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.
