Engineering Product Development Manager - Military Flight Controls Division

Position Summary

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: ‘Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.’ Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world’s most pressing engineering challenges.

At Parker, our team members belong, matter and make a difference.

Supporting aircraft worldwide, Parker Aerospace’s Military Flight Controls Division (MFCD) provides primary and secondary flight control systems that make flight possible. Tested, proven and trusted in commercial and military applications for decades, MFCD provides precise position-control actuation solutions for military aircraft across the United States and with foreign partners. The division’s Jet Pipe® electrohydraulic servo valve (EHSV) technology is used across commercial and military aircraft around the world.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, the Military Flight Controls Division is the global leader in fly-by-wire flight control systems and electrohydraulic products and offers the world’s most advanced motor design capabilities for flight controls.

The Engineering Manager, Actuation Product Development (APD) is responsible for leading engineering for New Product Introduction (NPI) including programs under contract with external customers. The Engineering Manager, APD, is also responsible for large internal product development projects, moving products from “TRL 4” (Technology Readiness Level
4), demonstration of concept feasibility to meet performance and regulatory requirements) to achieving “TRL 6” (demonstration of concept credibility to meet all requirements; and implementation capability in a production relevant environment).

In this role, the Engineering Manager, APD is responsible to lead, manage, and provide technical direction to engineering teams including multiple sub-teams and/or significant contracted external engineering resources. This individual leads the technical effort, defines engineering plans, and ensures project objectives and contractual requirements or customer expectations are met, including required scope, cost and schedule constraints.

Reports to, or may serve as, the engineering functional manager over varying engineering disciplines. Has one or more direct reporting managers or supervisors and may have expert-level engineers on staff.

Has regular and frequent internal and external interaction with program management, customers, and division leadership on technical projects. May have cross-business unit or division interface on common technical issues or customers.

• Leads the technical effort and defines engineering plans and expected outcomes for a major engineering team.
• Develops plans for multiple projects and determines team and resource allocation by reviewing technical proposals,…