Wireless/RF Engineering Manager

Honeywell International • Lansdale, PA

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About The Position

The ideal candidate is a leader with a strong systems engineering background who takes a structured approach to development for project design, estimation, execution, and performance tracking. The individual must have a propensity to create designs and provide technical insight to ensure that designs achieve “best value” goals of meeting performance and life cycle requirements within allocated budget and schedule constraints. The team generates circuit analysis for system-level specifications or RF components based on performance, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability goals. This could include any combination of technical research, test, documentation, and presentation. This role works closely with other engineering disciplines to help drive a strong engineering organization that delivers quality products on-time and on-budget. Define and deploy the strategic vision for the Systems Engineering group Manage the department resources across a wide variety of programs and IR D activities Assure technical, cost, and schedule goals are met for each development effort Provide technical input and support for digital and mixed signal opportunities; including capture strategy, work breakdown structures, architecture, and costing. Drive the development & implementation of best practices for rapid design, development, integration, and verification Provide engineering expertise and leadership to achieve high customer satisfaction and performance objectives Manage talent, including recruitment, mentoring, training, and performance evaluation for proper resource availability and career progression Work with cross-functional engineering resources to ensure teams meet the product, business, and time-to-market requirements defined by the company Establish the budget for labor, capital, and maintenance for the group Contribute to corporate technology roadmap definition and IRAD strategies Proactively develop successors for organizational positions and work with team to ensure a robust talent pipeline and career development Foster effective relationships at all levels, to enhance and support a culture of learning, empowerment, and collaboration

Requirements

• Three (3) years' experience as a Manager or technical leader of a large program
• Successfully held responsibility for budget & schedule allocation/tracking of a team or multiple large projects
• Five (5) years' experience with requirements development/management including derivation/decomposition
• Twelve (12) years' experience serving in an Engineering contributor role (e.g. RF or Systems Engineering) defining architectures using functional elements of a system; RF amplification, antenna, power, mechanical, digital/analog, I/O, and/or SW/FW
• Occasional domestic travel to support government/industry sponsored activities; industry-days, CONOP exercises, technical interchanges
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Physics or similar degree from a four-year college or university
• Worked in the defense industry design Electronic Warfare systems
• Familiar with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
• Familiar with MS Project, earned value, and resource allocation
• Conducted trade analysis, architectural studies, and performance modeling
• Proposed technical (re-) solutions and their impact on cost, schedule and risk
• Integrated and tested modules or subsystems in various laboratory or field environments
• Generated technical content for submission and/or briefing to internal/external stakeholders
• Participated in customer funded projects or research and development (R D) that innovated designs/processes to improve offerings
• Ability to develop/derive requirements for software/firmware from higher-level system specifications.
• Derived digital signal processing (DSP) requirements or algorithms for signal detection or classification
• Experience interfacing with and parameters of RF components; switches, amps, attenuators, TDUs, etc.
• Tracking of department key performance indicators/metrics

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy the strategic vision for the Systems Engineering group
• Manage the department resources across a wide variety of programs and IR D activities
• Assure technical, cost, and schedule goals are met for each development effort
• Provide technical input and support for digital and mixed signal opportunities; including capture strategy, work breakdown structures, architecture, and costing.
• Drive the development & implementation of best practices for rapid design, development, integration, and verification
• Provide engineering expertise and leadership to achieve high customer satisfaction and performance objectives
• Manage talent, including recruitment, mentoring, training, and performance evaluation for proper resource availability and career progression
• Work with cross-functional engineering resources to ensure teams meet the product, business, and time-to-market requirements defined by the company
• Establish the budget for labor, capital, and maintenance for the group
• Contribute to corporate technology roadmap definition and IRAD strategies
• Proactively develop successors for organizational positions and work with team to ensure a robust talent pipeline and career development
• Foster effective relationships at all levels, to enhance and support a culture of learning, empowerment, and collaboration

Benefits

• In addition to a performance-driven salary, cutting-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package.
• This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), Paid Holidays, and this role may be eligible for a 9/80 schedule.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees