Engineering Manager- Sustaining and New Product Development - Military veterans preferred

Who We Are:

We have operations in Saint Louis, Missouri, Huntington Beach, California, and Milford, Connecticut, serving local, national and international customers, both military and commercial. The company supplies platform controls, aircraft components, liquid oxygen equipment, and emergency breathing equipment to its customers.

Position Summary:

Manage, direct and supervise all aspects of the engineering tasks relative to the products, parts, systems and components that are non-new product development. The position is also responsible for new product introduction for Aircraft Components and Platform Controls.

Essential Duties:

Sustaining Engineering:

• Manages a group of engineers responsible to Support production, purchasing and quality departments on engineering changes or issue with the products.
• Support sales and customer care department on technical questions and product support.
• Responsible for generating and revising technical documents such as drawings, engineering reports, test forms and test procedures.
• Product development of items that are based on existing products where a full development cycle is not required.
• Support the CAR Team on production corrective actions and product improvements.
• Conduct customer training, both internally and externally.
• Troubleshooting assembly and testing production issues.
• Redrawing in CAD and releasing to production old hand sketches and drawings.
• Responsible for the document control area and the distribution of controlled documents.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other engineers.
• Prepare, review, and approve technical drawings and documents.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and guidelines.
• Provide the delegation of signatory authority to direct reports for preparing and/or approving technical drawings and documents.
• Responsible for ensuring all direct reports have been training to the most current engineering policies and procedures.

New Product Development:

• Manages a group of engineers leading the development of new products utilizing the stage gate process.
• Oversee the schedule and budget for assigned engineering projects.
• Identify project staffing requirements and coordinate staffing needs within the NPD organizations as well as with support organizations.
• Coordinate program related activities with other organizations and resolve issues.
• Evaluate and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Analyze test data and reports to determine if designs meet program specifications.
• Interface with customers to ensure customer needs are understood and met.
• Provide status and progress reports to customer, engineering team, and management.
• Prepare, review, and approve technical drawings and documents.
• Provide mentorship and guidance for other engineers.
• Provide direction on product data management for Essex.
• Be the champion for digital product definition for Essex.
• Make suggestions and be responsible for improvements to department Essex processes and procedures.
• Is cognizant of all relevant regulatory requirements; import/export, ISO-14971, ISO-13485, AS-9100D, and FDA
• Responsible for ensuring all direct reports have been trained to the most current engineering policies and procedures

Requirements

BS in Engineering and a minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience in engineering management and working in a related market or industry.

Experience at leading technical personnel, staffing, reviews and goal setting.