Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

Sr. Manager, Mechanical Engineering

The Sr. Manager, Mechanical Engineering coordinates with other program managers, engineering managers, and functional groups to meet project requirements and milestones. As a member of the Engineering leadership team, this position participates in executing the overall engineering product development strategy, team development, and evaluation.

• Leads a group of Mechanical, Aeromechanical, Aerospace, and/or Manufacturing Engineers, including staffing, training, performance evaluation and career development; attracts and retains high caliber staff and provides mentorship
• Plans, coordinates, and directs engineering development projects, including product changes and enhancements
• Designs, modifies, develops, and implements aeromechanical/mechanical engineering solutions as an individual contributor and/or team lead
• Leads or supports the thermal, structural, dynamic, and fluid flow analysis efforts for electronics equipment
• Leads the testing and data collection in the laboratory and the field
• Models the mechanical devices and selects the proper material
• Performs stress and fatigue analysis;
  Performs thermal analysis and selects bonding material
• Develops mechanical drawings and specifies the dimensional tolerances
• Develops assembly instructions and test procedures
• Develops test plans and test procedures to verify designs
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of variable factors
• Conducts informal and formal presentations.
• Works with manufacturing organization for the introduction of new designs
• Frequently interacts with customers and/or functional peer group leaders, and suppliers, normally involving matters between functional areas
• Collaborates with Program Managers to create and periodically review resource plans
• Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, and work plans
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeromechanical or related Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Minimum 12+ years of relevant engineering experience
• Minimum 2+ years successfully leading a team
• Minimum 5+ years' experience on multiple engineering projects including research and development efforts.
• Experienced in developing requirements specification for mechanical subsystems and according to MIL-STD 961D standard or equivalent
• Solid Works for mechanical modeling.
• ANSYS for structural and fatigue analysis
• Extensive experience with thermal management tradeoffs and solutions and materials properties
• Experienced with bonding techniques for extreme environmental conditions using different adhesives
• Experienced with manufacturing methodologies of electrical machines
• Experienced with creating and maintaining product document tree
• Experienced with creating and maintaining products bill of materials (BOM)
• Experienced with test and measurement techniques, such as torque transducer calibration and instrumentation
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering configuration management processes.
• Experienced with working from high-level program requirements
• Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and/or subsystems and create design/develop plans
• Ability to obtain at minimum a Secret level DoD security clearance

• Advanced degree is preferred
• Hands‑on experience with metal and composite fabrication and 3D printing is preferred
• Demonstrated familiarity with UAVs and related engineering design processes is preferred
• Knowledge and experience of analytical techniques and tools for FEA, Thermal, Aerodynamics is preferred
• Demonstrates competency in communicating technically and effectively with multiple disciplines
• Skilled at identifying, communicating, and mitigating technical risks and issues
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Uses vision to think beyond the immediate situation, explore multiple potential…