Sr. Engineering Manager - Aerospace Fluid Distribution Systems

Responsibilities

Lead a global team of ~120 engineers to ensure that current product support, future product development,and sustaining/field support for customers are addressed. Lead an engineering department to deliver high quality technical output on time. Provide technical advice and guidance to this team; create opportunities for growth and development. Develop a culture of accountability while growing employee satisfaction and product expertise. Develop organizational capability and engineering technical skills among staff to support the product teams and division strategies and initiatives.

Maintain appropriate training programs to assure continuous learning. Assure appropriate product documentation, design standards, and related material specifications are developed. Assume responsibility for improving efficiency by avoiding duplication between remote teams and creating a global engineering organization.

Assure that product designs are competitive (leveraging additive manufacturing-based design options) with respect to performance, quality, reliability, cost and any other critical design characteristics. Establish a global engineering strategy and implement tactical measures to ensure implementation is realized. Lead efforts supporting the continued growth and productivity of the Pune, India engineering center. Work with specialized Centers of Excellence to ensure seamless product development, program execution and furthering product/technology strategy.

Use best practices of robust design and promote an “analysis first” mindset. Assure that proprietary rights and product liability concerns of Aerospace Group are addressed by interacting with corporate legal staff members.

Forecast future worldwide aircraft system activities and customer plans to determine product opportunities and threats. Establish appropriate action plans within the division as well as jointly with customers to address the potential impact of new customer requirements. Identify key engineering metrics, monitor performance and implement improvements accordingly. Maintain close liaison with the Operational Excellence organization to ensure high quality and year over year manufacturing cost reductions.

Maintain close liaison with customers for application reviews, developing new product requirements, and major modifications of existing products, prototype qualification test requirements and to resolve product performance deficiencies. Establish and maintain contacts with universities to develop advanced products and potential new hires.

• Minimum of fifteen (15) years experience in a manufacturing or new product development environment.
• Minimum of ten (10) years experience in new product development.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience managing direct reports, some remotely.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Master's degree in Business Administration or an Engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Experience in conducting competitive analyses and defining/executing business level strategy.
• Experience in creating an engineering culture of continuous process, reliability, and quality improvement that drives customer satisfaction.
• Experience operating in a large matrix organization.
• Experience in leadership roles, with design processes, portfolio and program management skills, knowledge of customer strategies, and successful new product introduction experience.
• Creative/innovative thinking.
• Ability to succinctly articulate and communicate a vision to the extended team.
• Ability to drive change.
• Ability to operate across, and influence within, a complex matricized global organizational structure.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Position requires access to export‑controlled information; applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.

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