Product Development Lead- Electronics

This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions.

Job Description

EBAD's continued growth requires an accomplished engineer for the position of Product Development Lead, reporting to the Electrical Team Product Development Manager. The position is located in Simsbury, CT.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced engineer with technical, people, and process improvement skills to grow as a leader into a new role and gain new experiences.

Responsibilities:

The Product Development Lead will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers within the Electrical Development Team. The Product Development Lead has the following main areas of responsibility:

• Determine staffing levels and build a high performing, diverse, and flexible team that meets our customer project performance needs now and into the future.
• Leverage experience and expertise to mentor, train, and in develop individual and overall team capabilities. Provides appropriate training and development opportunities that stretch team members in valuable directions and close gaps.
• Drive engineering success by ensuring use of consistent, rigorous engineering processes, tools, methods, standards and techniques. Build a culture of rigorous engineering practices, RCCA, problem solving and knowledge management.
• Gathers and analyzes data to identify and then resolve systemic issues faced by their team.
• Establishes, measures, and drives improvements in standard work, processes, and procedures required for their team to be successful in a changing environment. Drive and support execution your team's projects in all areas: technical requirements review and verification, design creation and evaluation, risk assessments and mitigation plans, drawing and test procedure review, design review content, proposal technical and cost reviews, and problem solving
• Support business development and sales efforts, customer interface activities, problem resolution, and employee relations/morale as a member of the EBAD management team. Facilitate a successful team-based organization

Requirements:

• BS/MS in an engineering discipline. Electrical and/or mechanical are the preferred engineering disciplines.
• Minimum of 6 years of project, design or related engineering experience.
• Required experience includes problem solving/root cause analysis, leadership of multi-function technical teams, project management, technical writing and cost estimating experience.
• Candidates should have the ability to interpret and analyze electrical, and/or electrical specifications and data.
• Knowledge of explosive material ordnance devices and/or missile/launch vehicle systems as well as experience with manufacturing processes, rapid prototyping and/or product development is beneficial.
• Must have or be able to obtain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance and be capable of working on U.S. DoD and ITAR restricted products

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.