You will report directly to our Project Engineering Manager and you’ll work out of our Tempe, Arizona location on a Hybrid work schedule.

In this role, you will impact the companys success by ensuring the successful execution and delivery of engineering projects, driving operational excellence, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead medium-complexity projects with typically medium-sized (5-15 members) teams and annual program/project cost budget ($5M+) for New Product Development (NPD), New Product Introduction (NPI)/Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP), and/or In-Service Related (IRB) for Motion Control Systems (MCS) products including technical leadership for the program/project
• Program/project management to maintain/control/compliance/analyze cost, schedule, resource allocation, risks, and milestones to Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Cost Account Management (CAM) skills in the SAP environment
• Knowledge of System and component requirements analysis and decomposition
• Knowledge of Control architecture and design
• Knowledge of physics-based model development and system design
• Able to lead investigation of complex-to-system level technical issues root cause and corrective action of issues including planning, execution, and resolution
• Electro-Mechanical systems Validation & Verification (V&V)
• Customer and supplier technical interface
• Use excellent communication skills to provide clear, effective, efficient, and succinct communication of complex issues
• Work with functional leaders to prioritize resources and implement project objectives
• Less than 10 of domestic US travel and/or less than 2 of international travel (if necessary)
• Proposal cost, schedule, and risk development and estimation to support existing programs/projects and new business opportunities
• Mentor less experienced/early career engineers

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in technical discipline such as engineering, sciences, technology, or mathematics
• Minimum six (6) years of Engineering experience in Complex Aerospace Systems

WE VALUE

• Demonstrated strong management operating system that facilitates communication
• Demonstrated leadership skills — specifically decision making, driving results, and bias for action
• Utilizes Six Sigma and program management tools as appropriate within the Integrated Product Development Systems (IPDS) framework
• Persuasion to influence others to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• Ensures that departmental core competencies include continuous PE skill development
• Understanding of business objectives and more importantly the ability to interact with our customers
• Business acumen – knowledge of current and emerging practices, methods, and information relating to discipline and application within the industry
• Mechanical/Actuation Systems design and component controller integration
• Experience with systems requirement flow down
• Experience developing motor driven actuation systems
• Experience with systems requirement Validation and Verification (V&V)
• Experience with Earned Value Measurement System (EVMS)
• Certification as a Control Account Manager (CAM)

• Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

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