Engineering Manager

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SUMMARY

The Engineering Manager – Assembly is a dynamic player-coach who will drive results and develop the engineering teams to design and sustain high-reliability products, delivering timely and high-quality service to internal and external customers. This position provides technical and strategic leadership to the engineering teams supporting St Augustine’s Harness Assembly, Legacy Assembly, and Sensor manufacturing cells. This leader will embody ACIT and St Augustine’s culture of excellence, execution, and continuous improvement, and will grasp both the big picture of business strategy and how it translates to day-to-day operational success.

The role also offers cross-functional impact, supporting departments such as manufacturing, sales, customer service, quality, testing, product design, and product engineering.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Drive effectiveness of process and manufacturing engineering teams in the Harness Assembly, Legacy Assembly, and Sensor manufacturing cells.
• Collaborate with Value Stream Leader to support and drive the operational strategy for the Assembly group, ensuring that operations has the necessary engineering support to execute on its objectives.
• Drive actions and monitor the progress of engineer and engineering technician activities in support of product qualification and value stream team objectives.
• Direct and/or shared accountability for plant TTIs: waste and associated savings; DPPM and corrective actions review; labor efficiency (process design/manufacturability; process improvements, etc.).
• Serveas the technical and functional subject matter expert (SME) for the Assembly, Harness, and Sensor groups. Engages additional technical resources when necessary to ensure robust designs.
• Ensures utilization of formal problem-solving, documentation and project management techniques. Leverage data and expertise of team members and other functions to drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in or designate coverage for production stand-up, waste, value stream team, product management, and factory project planning meetings. Lead engineering team meetings for assigned areas of responsibility. Actively supports MRB meetings and process.
• Foster a culture of learning and growth within the engineering team by supporting training initiatives. Oversee hiring, promotion, development, work assignments, and performance evaluations for direct and indirect reports.
  
  Prepares estimates of non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and preliminary bill of materials (BOM) in support of internal or external quotes.
• Reduce engineering and manufacturing costs through product and process improvement.
• Communicate with customers to establish understanding of customers’ technical requirements and convey design and manufacturing capabilities, product performance, and organizational expertise.
• Maintains current knowledge of general interconnect technology and applications, and ensures that the company incorporates best practice into designs and processes.
• Enhances technical and managerial skills through ongoing learning; shares best practices with team.
• Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical engineering, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years in roles requiring engineering management/leadership of technical personnel
• 5-10 years’ experience in the commercial air, avionics, or a related manufacturing field
• Experience in rapid-growth/rapid-ramp companies or industries a strong plus

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