Leads mechanical and electrical engineering teams supporting aerospace product development. Oversees staffing, coaching, performance, budgets, schedules, technical quality, and delivery across development projects. Provides hands-on support for complex design challenges, electro-mechanical integration, proposals, and emerging programs. Requires extensive experience designing and integrating complex systems, managing high-performing teams, and working with SolidWorks, electrical design tools, configuration management, and aerospace systems.
Engineering Manager, Hardware
Summary
The Hardware Engineering Manager is an experienced individual within the aerospace, technology, or related industry with extensive knowledge in a fast-paced organization. As a member of the Engineering management team, the Hardware Manager oversees the Mechanical and Electrical disciplines and participates in defining and executing the overall engineering product development strategy, budget, team development and evaluation.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Required Qualifications and Skills:
Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) is a leader in aerospace engineering, product development, and manufacturing, dedicated to delivering high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to the industry. We specialize in cutting-edge system design, rapid product development, precision manufacturing, comprehensive testing, and technology demonstrations to support the evolving needs of the aerospace community. Committed to excellence, on-time delivery, and continuous growth, we invest in infrastructure to expand our manufacturing and aftermarket capabilities while maintaining the highest standards of engineering services.
ESAero is an equal opportunity employer.
E-Verify participation required for employment.
Must present proof of authorization to work in the United States.
Must be able to pass background check.
Pay Range: $130,000 - $210,000 Salary Exempt
Summary
The Hardware Engineering Manager is an experienced individual within the aerospace, technology, or related industry with extensive knowledge in a fast-paced organization. As a member of the Engineering management team, the Hardware Manager oversees the Mechanical and Electrical disciplines and participates in defining and executing the overall engineering product development strategy, budget, team development and evaluation.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Manages a group of electrical and mechanical engineering professionals, including staffing, training, coaching, performance evaluation, and career development. Provides support and mentorship to engineers across a wide portfolio of development projects.
- Is responsible for engagement and quality output of the team.
- Directly supports the development of active projects as well as generation of concepts and material for emerging opportunities including proposals for new projects.
- When it matters, will jump into problems, and help identify solution paths that are possible given the constraints of a program.
- Responsible for managing permanent and temporary resources to meet project demands and partners in recruiting of individuals to support advanced development team.
- Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction with both internal and external customers.
- Participates in group level leadership discussions and decision-making regarding budgets, schedule, and work plans.
- Shows passion and respect for all team members and stakeholders.
- Assists with communicating business priorities as it relates to team’s area of responsibilities in order to help facilitate a clear vision of priorities and risks.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- BS degree in Engineering (i.e., Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, etc.) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Master’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in designing complex systems (aerospace preferred).
- Minimum of 3 years building and integrating their own designs.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading high performing teams and subject matter experts.
- Extensive Experience with SolidWorks.
- Experience with SolidWorks electrical and Altium or equivalent.
- Experience with configuration management and tailoring approach to fit specific program needs.
- Demonstrated experience with electro-mechanical integration.
- Broad experience and knowledge of developing aerospace systems preferred including, avionics, flight control systems, and payloads at a development and integration level.
- Broad based technical knowledge and experience in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering disciplines.
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and success to deliver products that meet requirements on time and on budget.
- Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and/or subsystems and create design/develop plans.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organization, facilitation, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
- Familiarity with aerospace military/defense contracting environment highly desirable.
- Skilled at anticipating problems and develops sound solutions through implementation of action plans to ensure success
- Drives for results, action oriented. Displays organizational and leadership skills.
- Uses vision to think beyond the immediate situation, explore multiple potential paths, and adapt decision-making style based on the situational circumstances.
- Inspires, motivates, and empowers people to deliver organizational goals, while also delivering value back to employees
- Brings organizational values to life using personality, uniqueness and the creation of a shared vision
- Experienced in and knowledgeable of Multi-Disciplinary-Analysis & Optimization (MDAO) and Model Based Engineering
- Assesses the degree of risk and opportunity in plans or actions and takes appropriate action to mitigate them or makes plans to build on the opportunity.
- Ability to work in an office and onsite environment (Frequent)
- Ability to support field testing and integration assignments. (Infrequently)
- Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)
Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) is a leader in aerospace engineering, product development, and manufacturing, dedicated to delivering high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to the industry. We specialize in cutting-edge system design, rapid product development, precision manufacturing, comprehensive testing, and technology demonstrations to support the evolving needs of the aerospace community. Committed to excellence, on-time delivery, and continuous growth, we invest in infrastructure to expand our manufacturing and aftermarket capabilities while maintaining the highest standards of engineering services.
At ESAero, we don’t just build products, we engineer solutions that propel
the aerospace industry forward.
**This position is fully on-site at ESAero in San Luis Obispo, CA**
__________________________________________________________________________the aerospace industry forward.
**This position is fully on-site at ESAero in San Luis Obispo, CA**
ESAero is an equal opportunity employer.
E-Verify participation required for employment.
Must present proof of authorization to work in the United States.
Must be able to pass background check.
Pay Range: $130,000 - $210,000 Salary Exempt
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