Engineering Group Lead

A growing company in business for 70+ years with around 400+ employees in their plant, needs an Engineering Group Lead - Aviation. Excellent Salary + Full benefits + Relocation Assistance.
Job Posting # 2680

Job Title: Engineering Group Lead - Aviation

Location: Summit, NJ

Compensation: Annual Salary range of $120K - $150K

Relocation: Company offers a lump Sum amount for relocation assistance of around $2.5K - $5k

Benefits: Full package - Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, 100% Tuition reimbursement, 11 holidays.

Company Info:

This is a privately owned growing company in business for 70+ years. They have 400+ people in their plant, many of them with stable, long-term employment.

The Company is a leader in the design and manufacture of solenoid valves and flow control components for liquids and gases in critical applications for aircraft, military, aerospace, nuclear, light industrial and scientific industries.

Job Summary:

Looking for a strong senior level engineer that can lead the Flight Solutions engineering team.

Flight Solutions develops new designs, performs reverse engineering of existing designs and develops modifications and repairs to help end user customers find cost-effective solutions to product reliability, availability and product obsolescence challenges.

The Flight Solutions engineering team is comprised of world class engineers developing FAA PMA, DoD SAR and DER approved products and repair procedures.

Note 1: This person needs prior design engineering experience of airplane and aviation components.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Mentor engineers in design practices and use of software tools (ANSYS, MATHCAD, MATLAB, SOLIDWORKS, PDM, ERP System)
• Provide technical guidance on engineer's questions.
• Review design engineers' iterations before seeking final release signatures and internal PDR
• Maintain visibility of projects with chief engineer.
• Participate and interact with Design Engineers, technical presentations, and weekly calls
• Orchestrate Lessons Learned, Lunch and Learns, and general presentations to Engineers
• Oversee technical R&D projects to improve designs
• Work closely with Design Engineers and Program Managers to balance customer expectations and schedule risk with technical challenges and technical risk
• Escalate contractual issues to the management team
• Work with other Design engineers and Program Managers to establish and meet realistic dates within department capacity
• Work with other EGLs and Program Managers to understand project priority within company
• Work with new product development lab to manage test engineer and test resources for projects
• Work with Operations to prioritize fixturing and shop availability for fixtures

Candidate Must Have:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering
• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Some experience with FAA PMA, DER and DoD SAR approvals
• Design engineering experience of airplane and aviation components.
• Proficiency with engineering tools such as Ansys, MathCAD, Mat Lab, Solidworks, PDM.
• Able to manage projects and serve as accountable point of contact for internal and external customers
• Strong communication - communicate hardware needs from Design Engineers to the company, prioritizing long lead times
• Leadership - oversee and allocate workload for team of design engineers and seek assistance when necessary
• Knowledgeable - understand Quality provisions, especially that which will dictate drawing/part requirements

Keywords:
Ansys, MathCAD, Mat Lab, Solidworks, PDM, FAA PMA, DER and DoD SAR, mechanical, engineer, Lead, Manager,