Manager, Mechanical Engineering - Electronics Packaging

Manager, Mechanical Engineering – Electronics Packaging Design (PAS)

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Job Summary Of The Position

The Engineering Manager leads day-to-day execution of mechanical design activities supporting ruggedized electronics packaging within the PAS business unit. This role is responsible for team management, program-level execution, and adherence to established Marotta-internal structural, thermal, vibration, EMI/EMC, and IPC Class 3 design standards. Additionally, this role participates in the development and maintenance of mechanical engineering procedures, reference manuals, and design standards.

Reports to:

Director, Mechanical Engineering, PAS.

Scope Of Responsibility:

• Direct management of 10+ mechanical engineers.
• Program-level electronics packaging design execution accountability.
• Enforcement of established design standards and margin policies.
• Support of design, integration, and qualification activities under Senior Manager/Director oversight.

Engineering & Technical Leadership:

• Assign and manage packaging-engineering design tasks and resources.
• Ensure design compliance with customer/ contractual performance requirements.
• Oversee execution of thermal, structural, and vibration/shock analysis.
• Oversee ruggedized electronics design (Thermal, structural, CCA, PCB, DFM, etc.).
• Ensure IPC Class 3 mechanical integration practices.
• Ensure EMI shielding and grounding implementation as appropriate.
• Ensure application of environmental sealing techniques as appropriate.
• Drive disciplined execution through gated reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA/PCA).
• Participate and drive closure in failure investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action (FRACAS) activities.
• Support proposal efforts with credible technical, labor, and schedule inputs and risk assessments.
• Maintain AS9100 compliance and audit readiness within the mechanical discipline.
• Spearhead electronic packaging-related issue resolution.
• Escalate systemic risks appropriately.

Process & Standardization:

• Enforce mechanical engineering procedures and documentation controls.
• Ensure AS9100 compliance at team level.
• Institutionalize lessons learned into formal design guidance.
• Improve repeatability, documentation quality, and configuration control discipline.
• Ensure analysis assumptions and modeling practices are standardized and traceable.
• Additionally, Participate in development, maintenance, and enforcement of:
• i. Mechanical engineering procedures and work instructions
• ii. Electronics packaging design standards
• iii. Engineering design reference manuals
• iv. Design review checklists and documentation controls

Team Development:

• Conduct performance reviews and development planning.
• Mentor and develop mechanical engineers in technical rigor and execution discipline.
• Provide clear performance expectations and structured feedback.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related discipline.
• 8+ years aerospace/defense experience.
• 3+ years leadership/management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience designing electronics packaging for harsh environments (vibration, shock, thermal cycling).
• Experience with structural, vibration, and shock design.
• Experience with thermal management design (conduction, convection, radiation cooling methods).
• Working knowledge of IPC Class 3 requirements for CCA/PCB design and manufacturability.
• Familiarity with EMI shielding, grounding, and environmental sealing techniques.
• Familiarity with connector selection for aerospace applications.
• Working knowledge of thermal, structural, and vibration analysis principles; familiarity with FEA tools.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD systems (PTC Creo preferred).
• Working knowledge of environmental qualification standards (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering discipline.
• Direct experience with flight-critical control actuation systems and power systems.
• Experience leading programs through environmental qualification and production release.
• Active, or eligible for, U.S. security clearance.

What Success Looks Like:

• Electronic assembly designs meet cost, schedule, and technical commitments.
• Strong customer confidence and successful qualification outcomes.
• Late-stage test failures and electronics-packaging-related rework are reduced.
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