Director of Avionics Engineering

Millennium Space Systems•El Segundo, CA

102d

About The Position

As Director of Hardware Engineering, you will inspire, coordinate, and lead the hardware engineering team to deliver the technical work products, schedules, and budgets. The director is the advocate for the functional engineering team to ensure they have the required resources to exceed customer expectations. You will work with the other directors and the VP of engineering as a team representing the companies’ technical leaders. You will develop and sustain a vision for continued growth and improved efficiency for the hardware engineering team. This position's internal job code is EE Engineering Manager. Our team is currently hiring for a Level L.

Requirements

Minimum of 14 years of experience as an engineering professional, with experience in functional or project management in the aerospace defense industry
4 years experience as a functional manager
Experience having served as or currently serving as a Project Lead, and/or functional manager in spacecraft development
Knowledge of satellite systems and components
Demonstrated ability in hardware engineering design and analysis for spacecraft avionics products. Experience in the following fields:
Electrical Ground Support Equipment or Test Equipment
Electrical Power Systems
Avionics Design and Analysis
RF Products Design and Analysis
Command and Data Handling
Radiation and reliability design
Design for Manufacturability and Sustainment
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes
Experience with serial data protocols (HDLC, I2C, SPI)
Experience in Verilog and FPGAs
Experience with git, JIRA, confluence
Aerospace industry experience
National Security experience
Active TC/SCI

Responsibilities

Communication with Engineering Teams:
Provide overall company happenings and provide context to get ahead of swirl. Explain situations in context of the employee, the team, and Millennium
Provide rationale and background for higher level decisions
Sets the technical direction and standards for engineering teams
Establish and maintain the standardization of project management tools to drive commonality in how we implement our design (e.g. template IMS and WBS)
Establish Objectives and KPIs that align with company goals and measure engineering performance across the organization
Implement organizational initiatives and corrective actions to meet and improve upon performance targets
Functional Oversight and Support of Program Execution
Coordinates risk management across teams; escalates and prioritizes critical risks
Oversees program-level schedules, ensures resource balancing, and approves staffing plans
Reviews and approves proposal labor estimates and technical baselines; manages bid efforts
Manages communication with program directors and PMs regarding technical work products and performance, as well as communicating impacts due to corporate prioritization
Cross-team collaboration to enforce commonality of tools, analysis, processes, and standards
Partner closely with Quality and Safety team to ensure risk posture is well understood and standards are up to date with your team's processes
Work closely with Manufacturing leadership teams to provide support in designing for manufacturability and resolution of complex non-conformance resolution during all working shifts
Work with Manufacturing team to scale design as required across program portfolios – establish processes and standards within your team to support this effort
Work in conjunction with Program Management to meet execution milestones and address blockers/help needed
Process Improvement: look for cross-team relationships and help set priorities on what ETLs recommend
Establish & maintain interview processes
Approves tools/software for efficient use across engineering teams; manages associated costs
Manage OH budget across engineering teams (managers, meetings, software, training, tools & equipment), including approval of software with means for efficient use across teams
Providing regular 1:1 meetings with direct reports
Providing formal feedback and raise requests per company guidelines
Identification of talent for Technical Fellow positions and career growth paths
Sponsors cross-team initiatives to drive innovation; identifies and supports transformational technologies