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OPEN JOB: Manager, Electrical Engineering

LOCATION:Cincinnati, Ohio

***Relocation Assistance Available

BASE SALARY: $140,000 to $160,000

INDUSTRY:Aerospace / Aviation / Defense

JOB CATEGORY:Engineering - Electrical

JOB SCHEDULE: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days (Monday - Thursday)

Job Description:

• As an Electrical Engineering Manager in the ESAD Group, you will be responsible for managing and developing the Electrical Engineering staff that supports product development and production support.
• The manager will be responsible for leading and overseeing engineers during requirements development, concept development, detailed design, and product testing. A secondary role of the Electrical Engineering manager will involve supporting direct program work as a Staff-level Electrical Engineer.
• The company's Engineering Managers possess the skills of a top-notch influencer, motivator, and leader who can grow a team of engineers while advancing their own career in a management role and in engineering leadership.

Essential Functions:

• Engineering Individual Contributor

• Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications.
• Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
• Requirements development, refinement, and compliance.
• Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
• Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle.
• Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.).
• Generate material for and participate in design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle.
• Act as technical interface to internal and external customers.
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

Management

• Define, maintain, and improve the department’s development processes and best practices.
• Ensure staff are properly using best practices and the development processes on their assigned programs.
• Provide regular labor and resource planning to support programs and activities.
• Actively support all phases of hiring activities for the team
• Support management of morale and work to proactively mitigate attrition.
• Support succession planning and identification/development of key talent.
• Carry out performance management and goal setting of all direct reports and indirect reports, both formal and informal. Provide meaningful, constructive feedback to ensure the development of each staff member.
• Lead performance improvement plan formulation and execution as needed.
• Proactively support reward and recognition activities for the staff members. Develop and submit merit recommendations during the yearly merit review cycle.
• Perform conflict resolution between teammates as required.
• Take an active role in the professional development of each staff member. May include identification, guidance, and support of formal training, on-the-job training, mentoring, and/or new program assignments.
• Proactively mentor, coach, assist, and/or provide additional help to engineers in the analysis, design, build, integration, test, validation, verification, documentation, and/or maintenance of products.
• Foster an individual and team culture of Continuous Improvement (CI)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Experience designing with basic analog building blocks including differential amplifiers, op amps, LDOs, filters, and data converters
• Experience designing with basic digital building blocks including logic gates, flip flops, timers, and filters
• Experience with power supply and power conditioning design
• Experience with power conversion concepts (AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC, linear and switching supplies)
• Experience with serial communication buses including UART, SPI, and I2C
• Experience leading and managing product development teams
• Experience with temperature sensors, MEMS accelerometers, differential pressure sensors, and gyros
• Experience with general design best practices including EMI suppression, ESD protection, and short circuit protection
• Experience with module design including component selection, circuit analysis, circuit design, and layout
• Experience troubleshooting using standard lab equipment including oscilloscopes, function generators, and meters
• Experience with modeling and simulation utilities including LTSpice and MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience with schematic capture and/or board layout utilities including Altium and PADS
• Experience leading a large-scale technical project from start to completion with minimal guidance
• Experience preparing for and participating in design reviews, both internal and external
• Experience creating technical documentation including test plans, test reports, and drawings
• Experiesnce with root cause analysi

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience designing Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and Ignition Safety Devices IAW MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1901A
• Experience with energetic materials interfacing/testing (EFDIs, LEEFIs, Lead Charges, Boosters).
• Experience with design for extreme environments (Vibration, Shock, Temperature, Temperature & Humidity)