Key skills
Collaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Manage resource allocations for a team of 10-15 engineers
- Interview and hire staff to support resource demands and skill needs
- Conduct annual reviews, provide feedback, training, and career guidance to develop future engineering leaders
- Ensure compliance to AS9100 New Product Development processes
- Initiate, develop, and lead engineering efficiency and other continuous improvement efforts
- Plan and drive execution of the detailed technical work scope to the required quality, schedule and budget
- Organize, lead, and motivate technical teams in the design and development of challenging products and systems
- Contribute directly to project success through individual technical contributions, as required
- Develop project plans and pre-contract proposal estimates
- Confidently and competently represent DRS in front of customers, including the US Navy
- Clearly communicate, orally and in writing, technical and programmatic information to technical and non-technical individuals
- Collaboration with other departments, DRS locations, and suppliers to solve problems and develop cost-effective, high quality solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree from a 4 year accredited college or university in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or similar hardware engineering discipline
- A minimum of 10 years leading or managing a team of individual contributors
- Demonstrated experience individually driving product development from concept to qualified / fielded systems
- Experience with system-level thinking and system engineering principles/methods
- Demonstrated experience driving engineering continuous improvement efforts, including process development, training, and rollout
- Strong sense of ownership and high level of accountability
- Demonstrated focus on designing to cost targets, while meeting key system performance requirements
- US citizen
Benefits
- comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
- paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including any state-mandated paid sick leave)
- parental leave benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development support
- life and disability insurance coverage
- competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits