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Engineering Manager I - Business Area System Support

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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Services & Compliance Scope (through your teams): BA IT: services and support specific to the business area, outside of standard Corp IT offerings.

Requirements Summary

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related field). 6+ years of engineering. Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

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EngineeringEngineering Manager

Are you dreaming about a position where you can deliver quality, meaningful results? Come be a part of our diverse, multi-disciplined team of engineers, operating in an agile environment, using the latest tools and methodologies. Develop your technical acumen as well as your leadership skills at a company with huge potential for long-term career growth. As an Engineering Manager I, you will be able to leverage your technical leadership skills to guide a functional team through complex engineering challenges, ensuring that we maintain a high standard of technical problem-solving and process improvement. You will build and lead high-performing teams by fostering a collaborative environment and cross-functional collaboration, which will drive innovation and efficiency in our projects. Your project management and risk assessment capabilities will enable me to effectively manage resources, mitigate potential risks, and ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. By focusing on quality assurance and compliance, you will ensure that our engineering solutions meet all relevant standards and regulations. Additionally, your experience in technical planning and execution, coupled with analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities, will allow you to strategically align our initiatives with organizational goals and industry advancements.

As SNC's corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Responsibilities

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→Manage, coach, and grow the leads and technical staff reporting to you. This includes career development, performance conversations, and building bench strength
→Own the budget for BA System Support. Participate in annual planning, defend it, and make trade-offs as necessary that respect cost, risk, schedule, and priority
→Advance the org's vision, identifying and driving initiatives to completion that is both valuable and cost-effective
→Represent the team in cross-functional forums. Defend and negotiate for what is best for the business, including pushing back on requests that don't serve program or BA outcomes
→Drive scalability, automation, and a common approach as the default; approve deliberate exceptions for appropriate business cases
→Balance the speed of the business against enterprise cost, risk, schedule, and priority. Resist both "everything is special" and "one size fits all"
→Understand and correctly apply direct vs. indirect work and billing, and coach the team on the same

BA IT: services and support specific to the business area, outside of standard Corp IT offerings. This includes:
Laptop and hardware provisioning for non-standard needs (specialized configurations, program-specific builds, edge-case requests Corp IT doesn't handle)
Server setup and maintenance for BA systems and program support environments

Lab management oversight: partnering with the lab manager on operations, capacity, and access. Guidance to Enterprise-wide expectations of Lab Manager job responsibilities
System administration: setting job expectations, standards, and job scope for sysadmins across the engineering org
CMMC compliance oversight and support. Driving the artifacts, controls, and evidence that keep the BA audit-ready
Program systems support making sure programs get the IT/infrastructure they need to deliver on an adhoc cadence

Requirements

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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related field).
6+ years of engineering.
Must be able to obtain a security clearance.
Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
Proficiency in project management software and tools.
Understanding of engineering principles and practices.
Experience with Computer Aided Engineering tools, analysis and simulation.
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary design and development teams.

Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration (MBA).
Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile methodologies.
Previous management experience; exposure to recruiting employees; assigning, directing, and evaluating their work; and overseeing the development and maintenance of staff competence.
Experience with identifying and coordinating resources to ensure the required tools, processes, and training are available/effective and programs are staffed and supported to achieve success.
Understanding of how to prepare project schedules, budgets, bids, and estimates for proposed program work packages.
Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry, the US Department of Defense or US Military.
Ability to motivate/work with others.
Prior exposure to working successfully in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment emphasizing rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities, with minimal supervision.

Must be able to work in an office environment or hybrid setting.
Ability to travel as required (up to 10% of the time).
Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Ability to lift up to 15 pounds occasionally.
Clearly convey technical information, design specifications, and project updates to team members, stakeholders, and management.
Ability to understand technical documents, schematics, and electronic instrument measurements.
Ability to work with and collaboratively lead teams of engineers.

What We Offer

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This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.