IPT Lead Engineer - Development

About the role

Moog is a global leader in motion control across land, sea, air, and space, pioneering advanced solutions to drive cutting-edge innovation for valued customers. Our Space and Defense Group (SDG) is the operating group with the longest heritage at Moog and serves evolving markets with ongoing innovation that allows for constantly developing technology and excellent career opportunities. Within our SDG, Actuation & Avionics, is one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology TVC systems development ranging from hydraulic, electromechanical, and electro-hydrostatic actuation systems, supporting booster and large missile markets.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead responsible for technical oversight, direction, and hands-on design to develop, and integrate the TVC actuation system.
• Ensure end-to-end products are designed, integrated, and tested to support program requirements.
• Lead development, maintenance, and modification of the design for transition into production.
• Lead and participate in trade studies to ensure the design meets all physical, mechanical, and environmental requirements while accommodating the required payload, power, propulsion, thermal, communications, and attitude control system requirements.
• Support program design and readiness reviews.
• Liaise with all levels of program and engineering staff on design, integration, and test matters and support other teams/disciplines as necessary.
• Deeply functional and cross-collaborate with external suppliers/vendors to ensure process alignment.
• Formulate and maintain development plans and schedule inputs as execution occurs.
• Develop Basis of Estimates for assigned program tasks and proposals.
• Communicate development status, generate relevant metrics to monitor development progress, provide schedule status, ETC, and variance inputs to cost account managers.
• Determine technical objectives for solution(s) to advanced technical engineering problems.
• Represent the organization as a prime technical contact within and engineering team for assigned projects/programs. May function in an advisory or leadership role for a project/program and provide direction and guidance to less experienced professional staff or team of professional staff.
• Plan and coordinate the maintenance of engineering solutions including, documentation, reporting, publishing, and making technical and other presentations to ensure viability of the solution(s) in an evolving environment.
• Plan for future applications of solutions based on new developments in engineering technology.
• Participate in or may lead the development of new or expansion of existing business opportunities.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows: 10 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 5 or more years of experience with a Master’s degree.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment and organize work assignments to meet established timetables.
• Strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Must be able to work extended hours as required and be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and workloads.
• Must have the ability to work with external suppliers/vendors to ensure process alignment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of space system design experience.
• 3 years of experience in leading technical teams.
• Great interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
• Demonstrated engineering experience in the entire lifecycle of a program.
• Experience preparing for and presenting at customer reviews.
• Experience in risk management and earned value management.
• Experience in schedule development using Microsoft Project.
• Familiarity with agile design processes.

Skills

• Ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
• Organize work assignments to meet established timetables.
• Strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work extended hours as required and be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and workloads.
• Ability to work with external suppliers/vendors to ensure process alignment.
• Ability to understand and apply new concepts quickly and effectively.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead and guide less experienced professionals.
• Ability to plan and coordinate the maintenance of engineering solutions.
• Ability to determine technical objectives for solution(s).
• Ability to represent the organization as a prime technical contact.
• Ability to plan for future applications of solutions.
• Ability to participate in or lead the development of new or expansion of existing business opportunities.

Benefits

Moog offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Financial Rewards: Great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations).
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays, and parental leave program, relocation assistance.
• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”), and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development, and other personal growth programs.
• Collaborative and Welcoming Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment rooted in our 12 core values. Enhanced by multiple employee-led Employee Resource Groups, and various team-building activities, delivering a truly open and supportive workplace.

Pay

Buffalo, NY: $140,000.00–$180,000.00 Annually

Schedule

Onsite – Buffalo, NY

Equal Opportunity Employer

Moog is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources department via phone at 844-367-5787. No unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. Absent compliance with these pre-conditions resumes submitted directly to any Moog Inc. employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Moog Inc.