Engineering Management - Electrical New Product Development

L3HHCM20•City of Rochester, NY

30d•$104,000 - $193,000

About The Position

The L3Harris Communication Systems segment Tactical Communications sector is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented Engineering Manager for New Product Development & legacy sustainment experienced with managing people and large multi-dimensional projects, to join an engineering organization that designs and delivers leading edge communications products. This role will report to an Engineering Director. The successful candidate will be responsible for electrical hardware management of one or more products in the multi-channel radio portfolio as well as the engineers who support them. As a lead member of the multi-channel radio management team, the candidate will have hands on responsibility for leading the engineering team in many aspects of design, integration, testing, operations, and customer support. The candidate will be expected to lead technology initiatives that may go beyond their personal technical competency, utilizing Subject Matter Experts (Engineers and Scientists) from other specific disciplines as required. The candidate will work collaboratively across the engineering organization to focus on project cost estimation, requirements management, technical baseline creation, review and approval, process artifact review and approval, and risk management/analysis in addition to overseeing project execution.

Requirements

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.
2 years of experience in Engineering Project Management, Project Engineering, management of engineering teams.
Experience with new product development in an engineering capacity (electronics, mechanical, software)
Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Project or another project management tool
Familiarity with complex schedules and Earned Value Management (EVM)
Experience with Configuration Management software (Agile preferred)
Experience in DFM analysis and implementation for volume manufacturing
Experience with DOORS or equivalent requirements management tools
Familiarity with the INCOSE V product development model
Familiarity with common test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Signal Analyzers

Responsibilities

People management responsibility for 7 or more electrical engineers and interns
Electrical rough order of magnitude (ROM) and basis of estimate (BOE) creation
Laison to the Chief Engineering (CE) for respective products
Resource and planning management responsibility
Financial reporting and responsibility for respective project budgets
Support hardware project management for new designs and legacy sustainment
Manage competing priorities amongst several projects
Create and maintain project schedules
Tracking and estimating project requirements and budgets
Making design decisions and assessing technical risks based on schedule and budget constraints
Support hardware research, design, and development of software defined radio systems
Familiar with the principles and techniques of electrical engineering
Decisions on component selection and equipment based on engineering analysis of specifications and reliability
Coordinate project integration with other radio subsystems including Mechanical, Digital, RF, FPGA, DSP, embedded firmware, etc.
Coordinate subsystem and system level verification and validation testing
Support operations with the goal of improved product cost and yield
Support the introduction of new products into operations
Completion of assignments and delivery of results with general supervision/support
Proven and effective communications skills, interpersonal skills and customer focus
Participate in product and process cost reduction and product improvement efforts.