Hardware Engineering Section Manager - Mechanical Team; Hybrid

Hardware Engineering Section Manager - Mechanical Team (Hybrid)

Company:

BAE Systems

Category:

Maintenance

Job Type:

Permanent

City:

Wayne

State:

New Jersey

Country:

United States

Job Description See what you're missing. Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics - from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we're innovating for the future. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life.

We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless. BAE Systems is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager within our Electronic Combat Solutions business area to lead a team of mechanical engineers.

We are interested in candidates with leadership, technical, and project management experience, who have had a role in new development and/or established programs. Experience with leading multi-disciplined engineering teams through one or more phases of the hardware product lifecycle is important, as the individual will be in a position to influence program execution and mentor senior engineers. Responsibilities will include:

• Leading and managing a team of approximately 10 mechanical engineers
• Hiring, staffing, and critical skill development of engineers in support of program needs
• Personnel performance and development
• Hardware engineering program execution and scope management
• Agile product development and decision making
• Application of hardware and engineering processes on programs
• Driving key initiatives to improve HW execution and/or support

Primary tasks will include:

• Develop staffing strategies to meet the business needs
• Identify and grow capabilities in critical skill areas identified for the business
• Work closely with project engineering managers and hardware managers to ensure successful hardware execution on programs
• Monitor hardware execution on programs through performance metrics and reviews
• Ensure adherence and support implementation of the hardware process
• Drive scope management through understanding of technical baselines, proposal positions, and execution plans
• Research and apply mechanical engineering principles and theories to solve complex mechanical engineering problems
• Leading and peer reviewing issue resolution for mechanical product defects
• Serve as design review chair or assessor for development programs to ensure reviews meet hardware guidelines, and to ensure appropriate rigor in design efforts
• Support proposal efforts for hardware engineering to capture new business
• Provide employees with performance assessments for mid-year reviews, end-of-year reviews, and throughout the year
• Develop employees on team and support talent development efforts
• Support key initiatives in business area or in discipline to meet yearly objectives and continuous improvement goals
• Foster knowledge sharing across the organization through Knowable, collaboration meetings, etc.
• Provide communication of hardware engineering performance to business and discipline senior leadership
• Provide communication of hardware engineering performance to business and support?

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Eligible for DOD Security Clearance
• Mechanical engineering degree
• BSE with 10+ years experience or MSE and 8+ years experience
• Ability to drive activities to closure
• Experience leading engineering teams
• Experience with the design, build, integration and/or test of complex electronic systems
• Motivated self-starter with leadership skills and ability to effectively work in a team environment
• Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability
• Experience presenting technical information to program teams and/or customers
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and…