Product Engineering Associate Manager

Standard Job Description

Manages the research, design, development, and testing of COTS or custom computing hardware and/or otherelectrical components. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Oversees the development of designs for the installation of components into chassis, racks, cabinets, and workstations, customer facilities, and/or shelters. Plans, directs, reviews and coordinates preparation of project documentation to ensure customer contract and company requirements are met. Ensures proper preparation of specifications, evaluation of vendors, and analysis of test reports.

Within the Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. (Lockheed Martin) Engineering and Technology organization, the Product Engineering Manager will lead a team of skilled engineers to:
Ensure that hardware technical baseline engineering documentation for the program is produced and maintained accurately within the Configuration Management (CM) controlled change process and meets established drawing standards
Identify, coordinate and prioritize hardware engineering work activities to produce mechanical and electrical engineering documentation including top level electrical schematics, subsystem and system level Interconnection Block Diagrams (IBDs), Interface Control Drawings (ICDs), mechanical piece parts and assembly Three Dimensional (3D) models and drawings, cable assembly drawings, Cable Block Diagrams (CBDs), Cable Run Sheets (CRSs),assembly Parts Lists (PLs), Electronic Bills of Material (EBOMs), and Vendor Item Control Drawings (VICD’s) to support technically the manufacturing activities
Manage hardware engineering design toolsets required such as Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, VISIO and AutoCAD to support legacy, current and future programs being considered for bids and proposals
Ensure that the hardware products engineering design process is appropriately accounted for in programs in accordance with the Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) command media, keep current all drawing and design checklists, and interdepartmental/customer provided lessons learned database items
Prepare and review subject matter expert prepared Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for approval to support future program proposal estimates and pricing
Keep current metrics for level of effort required to produce work artifacts, to act as a calibration for future BOE’s
Also responsible for:
Staff loading/management
Approving timesheets
Training and development planning
Performance Management
Performing direct program technical tasks as required
Provide overall management to staff who perform product Engineering tasks in support of assigned programs/projects
Personnel management/oversight activities including labour planning and participation in technical reviews
Track infrastructure engineering technical performance measures
Lead or assist in the strategic planning and execution of the Engineering and Technology (E&T) discipline of Lockheed Martin RMS.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Minimum nine years of experience in project management, product engineering, hardware design, development, manufacturing engineering environment or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year leadership experience in a related field and/or two years’ experience with performance/earned value (cost and schedule) management
• Aptitude for solving challenging problems in a team environment
• Have a high degree of initiative, autonomy and learning ability

• Ability to adapt and perform in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrated leadership skills with an honest, open, respectful, team oriented, positive attitude
• Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to lead through change and ambiguous circumstances
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities while progressing milestone tasks
• Knowledge of Hardware Engineering processes and analytical tools
• Experience with product management
• Experience with Agile methods
• Familiarity with PTC Creo™ and/or Solidworks™
• Familiarity with WindChill™
• Familiarity with DOORs™
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project
• Common Microsoft tools.

Desired Skills

Experience with:

• Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Change Management processes, human factor engineering and specialty engineering
• Experience with Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/ Electromagnetic Compatibility(EMC) and/or Environmental Qualification
• Experience with machine design, Sheet metal design experience and/or electro/mechanical design
• Knowledge of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modelling to determine expected worst case loading to allow for design optimization
• Knowledge of thermal packaging as it applies to heat dissipation in closed and open product enclosures
• Knowledge of thermal simulation (Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)) experience and ability to mentor junior hardware packaging team engineers
• Experience with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) modelling, preferably in Creo and/or Solidworks
• Experience with peer reviewing of above FEA and Thermal modelling assumptions and outcomes to de-risk design directions
• Experience with mentoring of mechanical and thermal analysis to build team capability
• Experience with Objective Evidence (OE) analysis of vendor furnished information to ensure compliance to Military Environmental standards
• Experience with Defence domain.