
Engineering Manager, Mechanical
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Overview
Job Description
YOUR MISSION
True Anomaly is looking for you, a creative and experienced leader, to build, manage and lead a team responsible for taking programs from concept through production. This role owns the development, design, and procurement of primary and secondary spacecraft structures and mechanical ground support equipment (MGSE), continuously improving designs while meeting stringent mission and launch requirements for spacecraft and missile defense systems. Primary and secondary structure provide the environment for electronics and power subsystems to both reside and survive within spacecraft and missiles throughout the mission life cycle. MGSE creates the foundation for how we facilitate integration and test of spacecraft and missile defense systems. Together, structure design creates the skeletal structure for spacecraft and missile defense products and MGSE allow these systems to come together and be deployed effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide leadership and mentorship, through knowledge and experience, to a team of mechanical design engineers with varying experience
- Manage team in terms of department staffing, OH budget, performance management, employee development, succession planning, and day-to-day operations/tasking
- Provide technical expertise in mechanical engineering as it relates to mechanical design of space related hardware and associated MGSE design
- Oversee team's work products to ensure requirements, drawings, and other deliverables are complete and aligned to program requirements/needs
- Create department standards and processes that define what we do, how we do it, and a quality of product commensurate to true anomalies expectations
- Be the interface between leadership, programs, and engineering teams to facilitate delivery of innovative 'on schedule' and 'on cost' solutions
- Drive qualification and test campaigns related to flight mechanical and MGSE design activities in addition to being available to programs as a SME for all program activities
- Knowledge across vehicle subsystems/functions as it relates to flight mechanical and MGSE design
- Willingness and ability to delegate and parse tasks and data to maximize individual and team efficiency
- Knowledge of industrial base related to mechanical components with experience interacting with applicable suppliers and manufacturing entities
- Experience leading trade studies that balance performance needs, manufacturability, cost, schedule and risk
- Knowledge and experience using industry standards and process related to aerospace mechanical design and manufacturing
- Willingness and ability to lead and produce detailed engineering products or lead efforts as required
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering
- 7-11 years of experience that include prior functional management or team leadership experience
- Experience with SolidWorks, CATIA, NX or similar 3D CAD software; Teamcenter, Windchill, Enovia or other PLM software
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with and motivate team members, lead through influence, develop talent, and ability to seek compromise without significant sacrifice
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willing to travel 20% of the time
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Complete program lifecycle experience (proposal through launch)
- Advanced degree in engineering, manufacturing, or management
- Experience supporting capture activities as it relates to proposing mechanical engineering cost and effort
- Strong understanding of space craft subsystems as it relates to mechanical design and MGSE
- Innate interest, curiosity, and/or passion for engineering, space hardware, or aerospace at large
- Active TS//SCI clearance
COMPENSATION
- Base Salary: $140,000-$185,000
- Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance
- Work Location: this role will be onsite at our Centennial, CO location, with travel to other sites as needed.
- Work environment is in a standard office, working at a desk or in a production factory.
- Physical demands may include frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, and lifting or carrying items up to 20lbs.
This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Onsite
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