Staff Engineering Manager - Product Engineering

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Job Title:

Staff Engineering Manager - Product Engineering

Reporting To:

Manager, Engrg.

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Buffalo, NY

Moog Space and Defense Group is projecting significant growth driven by high levels of U.S. Department of Defense investments and the continued human exploration of space.  The East Aurora, NY Space Fluid Controls team supplies a variety of complex chemical, electrical, and cold gas propulsion products in addition to critical life support components.

The Staff Engineering Manager, Product Engineering position oversees the production engineers and technicians; with accountability for ensuring the technical and engineering execution performance over the full product lifecycle.  This position will provide engineering, people, and business leadership to our team. You will report to the Director of Engineering with your own team of 5 managers and approximately 25-40 engineers.  You will be expected to collaborate with engineering staff that report to other engineering managers for resource management and continuous improvement across SDG. There will be initiatives and some direct charging work in addition to the people management.

To be considered for the Staff Engineering Manager, Product Engineering, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:

• The ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline. Preferred advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA)

• At least 12 years of progressive engineering experience, with at least 5 years of leading and developing employees.

• Experience interfacing with customers and demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills. Must be comfortable working in undefined scope/requirements and capable of ‘steering’ the customer.

• Delegate the timely assignment of direct reports to programs and projects by coaching and mentoring engineering managers and monitor the success of projects.

• Experience working across business units and influencing departmental groups for support in executing is a plus.

• Identify and implement strategies that take advantage of synergies across multiple projects or programs.   Look to improve the efficiency of the overall engineering approach Ability to gather data and use this data to make decisions to improve the business.

• Proficiency with CAD/Design software.  Experience with Teamcenter/NX and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate continuous improvement activities and events.

The role of Staff Engineering Manager, Product Engineering, is a challenging position for someone keen to lead the development of a strong engineering team that supports business growth and succession planning.  If you’re looking for an opportunity to improve the efficiency of the overall engineering approach, this is the right time to consider Moog.

As a Staff Engineering Manager, you will:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the broader organization by providing input to the engineering strategy.

• Provide personal development for direct reports by conducting performance reviews, training, mentoring, and monitoring career development.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve engineering processes that are effective in meeting business goals and customer needs.

• Support the succession planning engineering talent within the assigned business.

• Assign programs and projects to direct reports in a timely manner and monitor these tasks so they are completed within technical, cost, and schedule constraints.

• Lead the development of strong engineering teams that execute the business.

• Mentor and coach the development of new engineering leads to develop the leadership depth to support business growth.

• Provide engineering leadership for the business you are responsible for so that products, technologies, and resources are developed to meet the changing needs of the customer.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve engineering processes for the supported business so that the processes are effective in meeting the needs of the customers.  Assist in the creating of