Test Engineering Manager

Eaton Corporation • Los Angeles, CA

4d • $129,000 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Test Engineering Manager. This role is based at our Los Angeles, CA location. This is a Full-Time position working Daylight hours, Monday-Friday. With 300+ employees, the Los Angeles facility designs and manufactures quality valves, regulators, and other fluid controls used mostly by the Aerospace industry.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $129000 - $190000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
This position is responsible for overall leadership and supervision of the Engineering Test Lab (ETL) function. Its primary accountability is for technical and process excellence, but its holder is also measured on personnel leadership, organizational development, and timely results. The position is a part of the engineering leadership team within the Los Angeles site operating unit and performs and leads activities related to testing of hydro-mechanical actuation, flow control (valves), and related products (including electronic control units) and systems. Skills involve managing the testing of new products and on occasion sustaining products, development and coaching of team members, resource planning, providing on-site technical support to product teams in the testing phase, and supporting responses to customer requests for proposals. Development of documented technical standards around best practices and using lessons learned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• 5+ years of engineering experience in an Aerospace product development environment
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship both now and in the future
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within 50 miles of Los Angeles, CA (zip code 90039) will be considered for this position. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience
• Experience with hydro-mechanical actuation and control products strongly preferred
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering
• 1+ year of experience in aerospace hydraulic component design, test, and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience with engineering processes/tools required
• Proven track record in supporting complex, multi-year product development programs
• Lean and Design for Six Sigma experience
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication presentation skills and the ability to work well with customers and development team members
• Ability to train and develop engineers

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe test environment, test execution, and proactively address safety issues as it relates to test lab personnel and visitors, facilities, equipment, and test setups. Develop and maintain best practices based on other Eaton sites and share best practices with other sites
• Development of improved engineering techniques that add value to our products through weight reduction, more efficient hydraulic circuitry, reliability improvement, etc. Development of documented technical standards around best practices and using lessons learned
• Support bid and proposal efforts as necessary
• Development and implementation of processes and tools for engineering tasks consistent with industry best practices. Monitoring to assure adherence to defined processes
• Manage a team of, technicians, engineers, and/or support personnel to deliver high quality technical output on time. Provide technical advice and guidance to this team. Participate in periodic audits, as they relate to the test lab and NPD programs, such as AS9100 and ACES for Mechanical LRU development and applicable engineering procedures and instructions
• Create opportunities for growth and development for team members. Performance manage and coach high and low performers on the team effectively
• Continuous improvement of resource management, productivity, and first-pass quality. Use of tools including Design for Six Sigma to achieve that end. Budgeting and resource planning
• Author and maintain processes and procedures related to ETL, ensuring adherence to these procedures. Collaborate with other Eaton labs to develop consistent practices, procedures, etc. and actively participate in ACES lab process development.
• Development of organizational capability/capacity and engineering/technical skills among staff to support the site and organization operating unit strategy. Maintenance of appropriate training programs to assure continuous learning.
• Develop and deliver ETL budget, material, and resource planning to both engineering leadership team and site leadership team. Coordinate with other site functional leaders to ensure clear and consistent communication regarding material planning, budget, etc. Identify risks and opportunities in these areas.
• Support and execution of site operating unit engineering initiatives. Participation in site engineering leadership team and in strategic planning.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager