Engineering Manager II

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Are you dreaming about a position where you can deliver quality, meaningful results? Come be a part of our diverse, multi-disciplined team of engineers, operating in an agile environment, using the latest tools and methodologies. Develop your technical acumen as well as your leadership skills at a company with huge potential for long‑term career growth. As an Engineering Manager, you will manage functional teams through program execution for our products and services.

These cover a very wide range from advanced mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft to orbital and space exploration systems. You will represent the engineering department at all management‑level meetings, ensuring that design, documentation, and approvals meet program schedules, are obtained in a timely manner, and that engineering hours expended are productive, meeting program goals and budgets.

You will own and continuously improve processes and procedures, oversee training of staff and provide technical direction as required.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high‑performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end‑to‑end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4

ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground‑flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and consistently exceeds expectations with an unrivaled record of on‑time and on‑(or under) budget deliveries.

• Generous paid time off and flex time
• Friendly and talented colleagues
• Exclusive SNC company events
• Leadership and development training
• SNC Mentorship Program
• Education reimbursement

• Support project staffing plans, schedules, budgets, bids, and estimates for proposed program work packages, including execution of risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure the availability and effectiveness of required tools, processes, and training to achieve program success, while aligning with SNC tools/processes and industry best practices/standards.
• Manage resource allocations required for program task execution, as well as risk, issue, and challenge identification.
• Collaborate with the business to determine staffing requirements and help source, screen, interview, and hire top engineering talent.
• Execute onboarding support, training, mentorship, and career path/talent development activities for engineering discipline teams.
• Provide career path support, conduct performance evaluations, and facilitate conflict resolution.

• Bachelor's of Science degree in a related discipline
• Typically, 8+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 4+ years of management experience.
• Experience working in and leading large systems design and development teams.
• Experience leading the development, maturation, and approval of product‑level designs.
• Understanding of electrical systems design and hardware integration.
• Knowledge of industry‑standard mechanical design principles.
• Thorough understanding of engineering principles and practices.
• Experience with Computer Aided Engineering tools, analysis and simulation.
• Ability to work in multi‑disciplinary design and development teams.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.

• Experience leading a multi‑disciplinary team through system baseline definition and maturation exercises in a complex development setting.
• Thorough understanding of establishing, tracking, and addressing key programmatic risks.
• Knowledge of guidance and certification of aircraft Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS).
• Understanding of Engineering Simulation such as Finite Element structural Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Thermal Analysis.
• Experience…