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Position Overview
The role of the Director of Engineering is to lead the engineering group with expertise through existing and future projects. The Director of Engineering will lead integration with various partners, business development in key pursuits from a technical standpoint, and support Hanwha Defense USA objectives on a wide range of capabilities. This engineer must be interested in many different areas such as robotics, munitions, mobility, lethality, survivability, and aerospace. This engineer must be a self-starter and be able to work independently with minimal direction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, organize, and execute technical work concerning new or existing products and/or processes.
- Explore various subject areas, define scope, select problems for investigation, formulate and present specific proposals
- Develop concepts and approaches, test and verifies concepts, and successfully implement projects relating to new and existing products within a manufacturing environment.
- Apply standard engineering practices and techniques in specific situations, adjust and correlate data, recognize discrepancies in results, and follow operations through a series of related detailed steps or processes.
- Perform technical development work for new products and processes.
- Lead project definition, approach, and coordination.
- Provide design and development support and oversight for prototypes, new products, tooling, and equipment.
- Perform engineering activities within a broad scope of expertise such as robotics, munitions, mobility, lethality, survivability, and aerospace.
- Communicate on a technical level with other functional areas internally and externally as appropriate to the project (e.g., marketing, sales, purchasing, customers, suppliers, consultants, contractors, etc.).
- Professional, accurate documentation or publication of work is expected, as applicable.
- Recommend and/or implement changes in present procedures, processes, materials, or equipment.
- Explore current and future technologies to meet needs of programs and customers
- Is familiar with, and complies with, environmental and safety regulations pertaining to the area of expertise.
- Perform other duties and assist other staff as needed.
Qualifications/ Experience
- Twenty or more years of experience in a closely related field.
- Must be a self-starter and be able to work independently
- Must have experience managing a project and tracking schedules and milestones
- Prior defense experience
- Excellent interpersonal/team communication skills. Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, coordinate, integrate and articulate concepts, ideas, and concerns relating to interpersonal, organizational, and technical issues.
- Excellent customer interaction skills processing the ability to create a design concept based on customer specifications.
- Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Design for Manufacturability, Design for Reliability, and Design for Assembly experience desired
- The successful candidate will be able to effectively present design proposals to internal and external technical teams
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in robotics, electrical, chemical, mechanical or aerospace engineering, Master’s Degree
Special Knowledge / Skills:
- Technical ability and creativity to initiate, direct and control specific projects.
- Understanding of design inputs and outputs for CAE, particularly FEA/CFD. Modeling skills desired.
- CAD modeling skills and/or proficiency in drawings for manufacturing (CREO, Catia, etc.)
- Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA/PFMEA)
- Proficient in Microsoft (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
- Strong English skills, both spoken and written. Additional skills desired.
Physical Demands / Work Environment:
This is a hybrid position and could require up to 20% travel both domestic and international. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear and use hands to finger, handle, and feel. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and have adequate mobility to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty (20) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.