Engineering Manager

Our client is looking for an Engineering Manager to join their team in Horsehead, NY on a direct hire basis.

Essential Duties

· Manage, recruit, and develop a strong group of engineers as direct and indirect reports.

· Support writing general and detailed specifications (i.e., performance and testing specifications).

· Plan development activities and manage schedules to meet business needs.

· Provide technical assistance on a variety of engineering topics to cross functional teams such as product management, sourcing/procurement, and quality.

· Create and modify schematics, Gerber files, assemblies, and release into the document control system.

· Develop reliability test reports and coordinate testing with internal/external reliability test laboratories.

· Evaluate test reports and make go/no go recommendations.

· Effectively communicate (oral and written) with department managers, engineering, production, customers, vendors, and other departments.

· Support documentation efforts including maintaining engineering drawings, bill of materials, test reports, regulatory filings, assembly procedures and design validation plans.

· Identify, specify, and acquire appropriate equipment and essential assembly and test tools including automation of functional test or data collection for efficiency.

· Support new product development team as manufacturing expert to ensure the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) of new products through new process development or modification of existing processes to meet criteria of new product.

· Coordinate project requirements, communicate status, and monitor progress working with department engineers and operations leaders.

· Fabricate prototypes as requested with necessary materials as required.

· Lead troubleshooting, problem solving, failure analysis, root cause, and corrective action processes as required for production related issues as related to materials, processes, and equipment.

· Manage and coordinate multiple projects that run simultaneously.

· Collaborates on policies, procedures, and best practices with engineering discipline teams.

· Supports bid and proposal activities, including cost and schedule estimation.

· Supports the development of technology roadmap for new engineering designs.

· Defines, maintains, improves, and manages the local (Horseheads) engineering development processes.

· Manage 8-10 professional engineers and 2-3 engineering technicians.

Essential Requirements

· 12+ years of experience with a BS, or 9+ years with a graduate degree.

· Minimum of BS in Engineering.

· Experience managing teams as a functional manager.

· Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills.

· Experience developing plans with costs and schedules for new development projects.

· Knowledge of electrical engineering design and architecture best practices and processes.

· Ability to make complex decisions across the hardware development lifecycle.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills.

· Experience in detailed electrical engineering design (Analog, Digital, Logic, Power Supply or RF).

· Familiar with test equipment (oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters), programming fundamentals, circuit diagrams/schematics and component management systems.

· Knowledge, experience, or training in Lean techniques and proficient in process auditing.

· Ability to effectively organize and prioritize issues and make intelligent, timely decisions independently or in coordination with other cross-functional teams.

· Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical data.

· Must be able to travel as needed up to 10%.