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Millennium Space Systems · 8 hours ago

Director of Avionics Engineering

El Segundo, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$172K/yr - $252K/yr

14+ years exp

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company, delivers affordable, high-performance space systems for exacting customers. As Director of Hardware Engineering, you will inspire and lead the hardware engineering team to deliver technical work products while ensuring they have the necessary resources to exceed customer expectations.

AerospaceSpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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

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

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

Mentoring and Performance Reviews of Front Line Managers ETLs and any other direct reports:

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

Qualification

Aerospace defense experienceHardware engineering designProject managementSatellite systems knowledgeElectrical Power SystemsAvionics DesignRF Products DesignAgile development processesVerilogFPGAsGitJIRAConfluenceNational Security experienceTeam leadership

Required

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