Mechanical Engineering Manager

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of Mechanical Engineering experience;
  Preferably in Aerospace and/or related industries (Automotive)
• Previous hands on design and analysis experience; experience leading a design project and executing on taking a product from initial development all the way through to full rate production
• Previous management experience over an engineering team of 7-10+; including performance management, budget planning, staffing, training, and career development.

An lead defense contractor sitting in Petaluma, CA is looking to hire an ONSITE Engineering Manager. This person will be dedicated to their Group 2 UAV that has vertical take-off and landing.

• Assist in improvement of the existing product, next gen design and up leveling the overall product.
• 60% of their time in executing different projects with the team and taking a lead role in project execution.
• 40% of their time will be spent in supporting the team with staff meetings, performance reviews and leading their team of 10 Mechanical Engineers in their development.

This site in Petaluma handles initial development of the product all the way through full cycle production, i.e. (design, analysis, prototype, integration, troubleshooting, and verification and assist in new product launch to production).