Manager, Engineering Electronic Systems

 Manager, Engineering Electronic Systems 

LOCATION: Westminster / Maryland (US-MD), United States | BRAND: Knorr Brake Company | REQUISITION ID: 7831 | JOB GRADE:18  | ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid 

 

 

Knorr Brake Company is the innovative leader in the manufacture and supply of braking systems, passenger doors and climate-control equipment for all types of Mass Transit customers such as: METRO, Light Rail Vehicles, High-Speed Trains, Commuter Rail and Monorail Vehicles for the North America market. We’re part of the Knorr-Bremse Group, the global leader in braking technologies. As part of our team, you’ll collaborate with a world of talented and dedicated colleagues whose sense of purpose complements your own. You’ll find rewarding opportunities, diverse experiences, partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. Innovation is part of our DNA. Achievement drives our culture. Learn more today at www.KnorrBrake.com!

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Profile Summary

This leadership role involves managing a multidisciplinary engineering team, including software development, quality assurance, and electronics lab resources. Responsibilities include resource management, project planning, budgeting, and task execution using methodologies like the V-model for software development. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, proposal creation, customer management, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as IEEE-1558, CMMI, and IEC 62443.

The position emphasizes technical expertise in embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and tools like Jira and SAP/PPM, with additional familiarity in programming languages (e.g., C/C++) and hardware design principles. This role is suited for experienced managers who excel in building teams, delivering technical projects, and adhering to safety and quality standards.

Essential Functions

Staff management:

• Interviewing and hiring candidates
• Performing staff performance reviews
• Management of Software development resources
• Management of Software quality assurance resources
• Management of electronics lab technician resources
• Administration, creation and enforcement of company policy and procedure and ensure adherence to all Knorr development processes.
• Communication of company directives, business status/successes/issues.
• Performing close collaboration with cross-functional teams (marketing, engineering, and suppliers)
• Providing training and coaching for performance improvement.
• Managing PTO time across resources to ensure accurate support for tasks and schedules.
• Management and supervision of employees including training, coaching, mentoring, and evaluation.
  • Project task management
    • Scheduling, budgeting, planning and project management.
    • Managing resource allocation
    • Performing problem solving
    • Reviewing and approving technical documents and engineering drawings
  • Proposals
    • Performing specification compliance reviews
    • Reviewing and engineering System design for projects
    • Creation of scope of supply for project proposals
    • Estimations of tasks execution time for costing and scheduling
  • Scheduling
    • Utilize excel, MS project to schedule work across multiple resources, for example project timelines and team deliverables.
    • Reschedule based on changing priorities.
  • Customer management