Manager, Mechanical Engineering

About the role

We are seeking a talented, self-motivated, and experienced Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead a team of mechanical engineers responsible for the development and delivery of innovative spaceflight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership: Lead, develop, and manage a team of mechanical engineers responsible for the design, analysis, testing, and qualification of spacecraft electronics assemblies and related hardware.
• Technical Oversight: Provide technical direction and engineering oversight for mechanical system design, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices, company standards, and customer requirements.
• Resource Management: Plan, prioritize, and allocate engineering resources across multiple programs to meet business objectives, schedules, and budgets.
• Project Execution: Partner with Program Management to develop project plans, identify technical risks, monitor progress, and ensure successful execution of engineering deliverables.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate closely with electrical, software, firmware, systems, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure successful product integration and production readiness.
• Design Reviews: Lead and participate in design reviews, technical reviews, and failure investigations while ensuring engineering decisions are technically sound and well documented.
• Quality & Compliance: Ensure mechanical designs comply with applicable aerospace standards, customer specifications, configuration management processes, and company quality requirements.
• Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to engineering processes, design methodologies, tools, and documentation to improve efficiency and product quality.
• Mentorship & Talent Development: Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent through regular performance feedback, career development planning, and technical mentoring.
• Performance Management: Establish performance expectations, conduct performance evaluations, recognize achievements, and address performance issues in a timely and constructive manner.
• Technical Problem Solving: Provide leadership in resolving complex technical challenges and support root cause investigations for product and manufacturing issues.
• Customer Engagement: Support customer meetings, proposal efforts, technical interchange meetings, and design reviews as the mechanical engineering representative.
• Budget & Planning: Support departmental budgeting, capital planning, staffing forecasts, and strategic planning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• 12+ years of progressive engineering experience, including at least 1+ years in technical leadership or engineering management role.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams through the complete product development lifecycle.
• Experience developing, qualifying, and transitioning to production aerospace and/or spaceflight hardware.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design, structural and thermal analysis, manufacturing, and environmental qualification testing.
• Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks and engineering analysis tools such as ANSYS Workbench or equivalent.
• Experience with Product Data Management (PDM) systems and configuration management processes.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities, budgets, and schedules.
• Ability to make sound technical and business decisions with limited direction.