Engineering Manager

About the role

The Engineering Manager is responsible for the development and execution of projects, as well as the development and improvement of engineering processes. This position also supports staffing, recruiting, training, talent development, engagement, and retention of employees.

Responsibilities

• Manage, recruit, and develop a strong group of engineers as direct and indirect reports.
• Support writing general and detailed specifications (i.e., performance and testing specifications).
• Plan development activities and manage schedules to meet business needs.
• Provide technical assistance on a variety of engineering topics to cross-functional teams such as product management, sourcing/procurement, and quality.
• Create and modify schematics, Gerber files, assemblies, and release into the document control system.
• Develop reliability test reports and coordinate testing with internal/external reliability test laboratories.
• Evaluate test reports and make go/no go recommendations.
• Effectively communicate (oral and written) with department managers, engineering, production, customers, vendors, and other departments.
• Support documentation efforts including maintaining engineering drawings, bill of materials, test reports, regulatory filings, assembly procedures and design validation plans.
• Identify, specify, and acquire appropriate equipment and essential assembly and test tools including automation of functional test or data collection for efficiency.
• Support new product development team as manufacturing expert to ensure the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) of new products through new process development or modification of existing processes to meet criteria of new product.
• Collaborate on policies, procedures, and best practices with engineering discipline teams.
• Supports bid and proposal activities, including cost and schedule estimation.
• Supports the development of technology roadmap for new engineering designs.
• Defines, maintains, improves, and manages the local (Horseheads) engineering development processes.
• Manage 8-10 professional engineers and 2-3 engineering technicians.

Requirements

• Experience managing teams as a functional manager.
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills.
• Experience developing plans with costs and schedules for new development projects.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering design and architecture best practices and processes.
• Ability to make complex decisions across the hardware development lifecycle.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in detailed electrical engineering design (Analog, Digital, Logic, Power Supply or RF).

Additional Requirements

• Experience working with space based, aerospace, or military electronic designs.
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively implement strategic decisions.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable collaboration.
• Able to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience and comfort working with data from a variety of sources.
• Solid financial and statistics acumen is preferred.
• The ability to translate data into meaningful planning information for Finance, Sales and Operations teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership and decision-making ability.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects/processes under tight concurrent deadlines.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Office, PowerPoint).
• Experience in leading or participating VAVE activities is preferred.
• Possess a continuous process improvement mindset with the ability to effectively lead and manage change.

Education & Experience Requirements

• 12+ years of experience with a BS, or 9+ years with a graduate degree.
• Minimum of BS in Engineering.