Manager Test/Manufacturing Engineering
About Us:
For more than six decades, the skilled thinkers, makers, and doers at Frontgrade have embraced our mission to solve complex technology challenges across the U.S. and around the globe.
We’re the leading provider of high reliability and radiation assured solutions for defense, space, intelligence, commercial, and civil applications, and our products are designed to perform in the harshest of environments. From human spaceflight and space exploration to missile defense, electronic warfare, and healthcare tech advancements, our talented team stays in lockstep with our customers to ensure the success of their missions.
Do you want to help shape the future? In an environment where innovation and ideas go hand-in-hand? Then come join the Frontgrade Team!
Why Work For Us
We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.
Other benefits include:
- Competitive Benefits: Medical (FSA + HSA), Dental, and Vision
- Immediate 401K Vesting/Matching
- Career Opportunity and Growth
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Repayment
- Generous PTO and 11 paid Holidays per year (8 regular and 3 floating)
- 8 weeks of 100% Paid Family Leave
- Profit Sharing Plan applies to all non-Annual Incentive Plan and non-Sales Incentive Plan employees.
Responsibilities:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Define and deploy the strategic vision for effective development of the infrastructure required to integrate, validate, test, characterize, and qualify new products and technology.
- Define test development strategies for new products and technology, including toolsets, and technical capabilities roadmap.
- Develop and implement manufacturing processes related to amplifier and hybrid circuit assembly. Emphasis on Die bonding, wire bonding, gap welding, eutectic die attach, ceramic and soft substrate integration, chip and wire assembly, hybrid microcircuits, thin and thick film assembly.
- Coordinate Engineering and Manufacturing Test Resources to ensure alignment with multiple concurrent program schedules.
- Ownership for decisions involving all aspects of development test engineering process, including day-to-day issues concerning status and progress.
- Oversee the development and execution of test plans and analysis of test results.
- Ensure new product development plans employ state-of-the-art Design-for-Test and Design-for-Manufacturing techniques.
- Support company resource loading, cost estimating, and project planning in support of achieving revenue and profitability goals. Including establishing the budget for labor, capital, and maintenance for the product development team.
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE- Experience in product development from design through qualification phase; leadership experience, team building / development, and mentoring of others; specifically in the domain of Test or Product Engineering.
- Bachelors Degree: Minimum four (4) years of experience in people management. Minimum six (6) years of experience in field. OR Masters Degree: Minimum two (2) years of experience in people management. Minimum six (6) years of experience in field.
- Hands-on familiarity with multiple industry standard test platforms (e.g. LabView).
- Ability to obtain and/or maintain a Security Clearance.
- Aerospace, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's degree) with 15 years of experience.
- Aerospace, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering ( Master's degree) with 10 years of experience.
- This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by either ITAR or EAR U.S. export laws. As a condition to this job offer, in order to be employed in this position, you must be able to obtain an U.S. Government export license(s), as required by law.
- Pay Range: $133,567 - $170,149 annually. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.
Employment Transparency:
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email Careers@Frontgrade.com.
If you have relevant skills that are not reflected in your resume, we welcome your application and encourage you to share more in an optional cover letter or to join our Talent Community Connect Portal - Connect (icims.com).