Sr. Product Engineer

Position Overview

As a Sr. Product Engineer at Aero Vironment, you will lead the sustaining engineering support for UAV systems for military and commercial applications. Responsibilities include design modifications of structural components, electro‑mechanical assemblies, payloads, ground equipment, launching systems, flight control actuators, prototype hardware development, performing design verification testing, and configuration management of products. You will also develop and maintain manufacturing drawings and bills of materials, support design reviews, assist project managers, and support manufacturing suppliers.

• Manages product line configuration and changing orders in Oracle PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system.
• Understands product design and features, and is familiar with the manufacturing process.
• Understands customer performance and configuration requirements for product.
• Acts as the technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, including managing manufacturing and customer issues escalated to engineering.
• Supports and assists in proposal & report writing, review of contracts for production orders.
• Helps lead the transition of new products and product variants into production.
• Assists in leading the release and update of engineering design documentation, operator manuals, bill of materials, manufacturing procedures, product acceptance test procedures, and production tooling and test equipment.
• Leads development, testing and release of product improvements and variants in cooperation with product line manager, design engineers and project managers.
• Provides component obsolescence management for the product line.
• Provides customer support for failure analysis, field bulletin technical content, general product information.
• Works with suppliers, purchasing and planning to ensure resolution of technical issues that impact production.
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead).
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification.
• 8 - 12 years of related experience in a similar role, including experience in engineering design, environment, and support of products in production.
• Experience with unmanned air vehicles plus RF, digital, and communications electronics design, electronics manufacturing troubleshooting, PCB layout, schematics and assemblies, design/drafting/CAD (Altium), including ASME Y14 drawing standards.
• Experienced using configuration management principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of general engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties, electronics, systems, software.
• Experience with understanding requirements for building production assemblies, including documentation for use on production floor.
• Demonstrated experience integrating across technical disciplines and organizations, including program management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers and customers.
• Experienced and proficient with office software and computer‑based productivity tools.

• Advanced degree is preferred.
• Team leadership experience is preferred.
• Desirable experience or attributes:
  Oracle PLM data management system product configuration management standards (MIL-HDBK-61A, EIA-649-B).
• Demonstrates competency in solving basic structural dynamics problems.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in‑depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Able to excel in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties.
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives.
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products.
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company.
• Has effective…