Senior Design Engineering Manager

Senior Design Engineering Manager

Company: RSA Engineered Products LLC

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Location:

110 West Cochran Street, Unit A, Simi Valley, CA 93065 USA

Workplace Type:
On-site

Employment Type:

Salaried | Full-Time

Function:
Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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Duties & Responsibilities

Summary:

Penn Aero is hiring a Senior Design Engineering Manager at our RSA Engineered Products Company in Simi Valley, CA. RSA provides flight-critical components and assemblies for the commercial, defense and business jet markets. RSA designs and produces custom-engineered high pressure/high-temperature ducting assemblies for each customer's specific performance requirements. RSA's Peri-SealTM is one of the most sought after connectors in the aerospace industry.

Additionally, RSA designs and produces flexible joints and hoses, ozone converters and many complex assemblies to meet stringent customer needs.

About Penn Aero:

Penn Aero is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered fasteners and specialized components for critical aerospace, defense, space, and advanced energy applications. We partner with customers to solve their most complex challenges, bringing technical depth and disciplined, agile execution when it matters most. Experience guides our growth-strengthening capabilities and expanding our global platform as markets evolve. To learn more about Penn Aero's capabilities and commitment to aerospace excellence, visit

Job Summary:

As a direct report to the Engineering Director, the Design Engineering Manager shall be responsible to plan, organize, implement and control a variety of activities related to engineering, research and development and design related to customer specifications to ensure company business goals and customer requirements are met within cost and on schedule. The Design Engineering Manager shall have direct reports.

Projects will include, but are not limited to:
New Product Development RSA IP designs, Build-to-Print, Design to Spec, and other relevant design activities. The Design Engineering Manager shall be responsible to ensure the completion of projects from the Request for Proposal (RFP) phase thru Contract Award, Detailed Design, Design Validation/Certification, initial Production, and sustaining engineering efforts.

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Duties & Responsibilities:

Manage an Engineering Department with a diverse set of disciplines.

Organize, schedule and supervise efforts of R&D, Design and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure engineering activities are completed on schedule and within cost.

As required, execution and generation of aircraft certification documentation that may include, but not limited to:

Design calculation reports, test procedures, test reports, 3D modeling, 2D engineering drawings, Engineering Orders, etc.

Execution of and peer review of detailed design activities including: manufacturing drawing review, stress analysis, project schedules, etc.

Evaluate engineers' performance and track their developmental needs.

Mentoring of junior engineers.

Establish department budget and personnel requirements.

Support Marketing in technical/customer presentations.

Assure design compliance to customer requirements.

Schedule design reviews, department meetings and interdepartmental presentations to ensure design points are understood and are concurrent with other organization activities.

Ability to take "hands on" approach as well as give appropriate direction.

Set engineering standards and policies that promote technical excellence and interdepartmental cooperation.

Implement appropriate design/office automation tools and methods to ensure the efficiency of departmental design and documentation tasks.

Perform other duties as assigned

Conform to company safety policies and procedures.

Work in a team environment.

This role is required to be on-site 5 days at the Simi Valley, CA location.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in ME, Physics, EE, Aeronautical Engineering or IE with preference toward Mechanical Engineering. Advanced degree preferred.

Understanding of a broad range of engineering skills.

Preferably in aircraft/aerospace design and structural analysis.

Product development background necessary.

8+ years of experience in metallic or composite ducting and motion compensator design per ARP 699 guidelines as Project / Systems Engineer, or equivalent experience in ECS (Environmental Control System), bleed air, or AMS (air management system) system or component design in the following industries:

Valves (pneumatic or electro mechanical)

Heat Exchangers

Turbo Machinery

Fuel Tank Inert Systems (FTIS, OBIGGS, OBOGGS, NGS, etc.)

Wing-Anti Ice Systems

Ram Air Systems

High Pressure or Low Pressure pneumatic systems

Structural design

Must have experience with analysis tools such as FEA / FEM tools MSC NASTRAN / PATRAN, ANSYS, ATA NASTRAN / FEMAP

Experience with aircraft certification to EASA, Transport Canada, and/or FAA 14 CFR FAR 25 requirements.

Experience from program award (kick-off) to Milestones such as:

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