Hardware Engineering Manager

Hardware Engineering Manager

Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Minimum 10 years of hardware engineering experience, including experience leading or managing a team

Experience across one or more of: power supply design, digital hardware design, RF or communications hardware, or sustaining engineering

Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers and technicians

Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize a team's work across multiple concurrent programs

Comfortable partnering with program management, systems engineering, and supply chain to keep hardware efforts on track

Willingness to obtain a Secret clearance as a condition of continued employment

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with EW/SIGINT hardware, or ruggedized and embedded systems

Familiarity with sustaining engineering and obsolescence management processes

Experience managing vendor and supplier relationships for electronic components

Job Description

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary hardware engineering group spanning Power Supply, Digital, RF, along with General Support/Sustainment Engineering.

Hire, mentor, and develop engineering technicians and professionals across the hardware team.

Set technical priorities and direction for hardware activities, including actively partnering with key stakeholders in Mechanical, Hardware, Systems Engineering, and Product Management

Oversee sustaining engineering obsolescence management, engineering change orders, and post-production support for fielded products

Manage staffing and resource allocation across concurrent programs and product lines

Partner with Project and Program Management, and Operations to align schedules, budgets, and deliverables with program needs

Drive hardware design standards, design review processes, and continuous improvement across the group

Partner with supply chain and procurement on component selection, vendor relationships, and long-lead item planning

Support proposal efforts with hardware-focused technical write-ups, staffing plans, and basis of estimates (BoEs)

Serve as an escalation point for complex technical hardware issues spanning power, digital, RF, and communications disciplines

Champion a strong safety, quality, and test culture across the hardware engineering team