Associate Manager, Electrical Engineering (CINCINNATI)

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Job Title: Associate Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job Code: 42787

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description:

As an Electrical Engineering Associate Manager, you will be in a dual-role manager position, involving both front-line management of a team of engineers and performance of individual productive work on a program. L3Harris Engineering Managers possess the skills of a top-notch influencer, motivator, and leader who can grow a team of engineers while advancing their own career in a management role and in engineering leadership.

Essential Functions:

Engineering Individual Contributor

• Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications.
• Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
• Requirements development, refinement, and compliance.
• Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
• Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle.
• Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.).
• Generate material for and participate in design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle.
• Act as technical interface to internal and external customers.
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

Management

• Assist department manager in defining, maintaining, and improving the department’s development processes and best practices.
• Ensure staff are properly using best practices and the development processes on their assigned programs.
• Provide regular labor and resource planning to support programs and activities.

• Actively support all phases of hiring activities for the team
• Support management of morale and work to proactively mitigate attrition.

• Support succession planning and identification/development of key talent.
• Carry out performance management and goal setting of all direct reports, both formal and informal. Provide meaningful, constructive feedback to ensure the development of each staff member.

• Lead performance improvement plan formulation and execution as needed.