Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job overview

Manager, Electrical Engineering This is an onsite position in Poplar Ridge, NY, with a salary range of $150,500 - $195,600 per year. Saab, Inc. is a leading defense and security company. Saab, Inc.'s Surveillance U.S. Division is seeking an Electrical Engineering Functional Manager to lead and develop the Electrical Engineering team, ensuring technical, program, and business objectives are met. This role involves program resource planning, recruitment, technical oversight, and performance management, while also ensuring accountability for cost and schedule targets and providing credible technical insight.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop the Electrical engineering team focused on meeting technical, program and business objectives.
• Program resource planning.
• Develop on-going staffing capacity and long-term staffing plans.
• Recruit staff as necessary to meet business demand.
• Assign appropriate personnel to projects and programs.
• Ensure all personnel have established relevant goals and objectives that link directly to the objectives of the business.
• Provide technical oversight, guidance, mentorship and coaching to assigned personnel in the performance of their assigned tasks.
• Manage the annual performance review process, compensation reviews, and career development process.
• Ensure accountability for creation of accurate cost and schedule targets, and execution of technical effort in accordance with those targets.
• Understand and manage resources to Program Manager’s budget and schedule.
• Determine the department or team's strategy for completing a task.
• Maintain department competencies by creating a training strategy and providing training opportunities for employees to continue their professional development.
• Responsible for cost estimating activities related to contract proposals, IR&D, Capital, and assigned overhead budgets.
• Ensure the Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and schedules are accurate, appropriate, documented and consistent with overall program objectives.
• Establish cost and schedule targets for team members.
• Monitor and control execution consistent with established technical, cost and schedule objectives.
• Support contract negotiations and fact finding as requested by program management.
• Provide credible technical insight and leadership within Electrical Engineering.
• Contribute to technology roadmap planning.
• Develop innovative technical solutions, assess technical risk and identify risk mitigation strategies within assigned discipline(s).
• Responsible for budgeting including OH, capital requests, and software/tool subscriptions for the electrical engineering function.
• Be a champion for the quality and continuous improvement of technical processes.
• Ensure updates for QMS processes, forms, templates, work instructions and job aids are completed.
• Establish processes and benchmarks for measuring team and process performance.
• Ensure team is accountable for adherence to established processes and continuous improvement objectives.

What we're looking for

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Experience

15+ years of experience (if MA/MS, 12+ years of experience, if PhD, 10+ years of experience)

Skills & competencies

manager

electrical engineering

saab

full time

onsite

poplar ridge ny

engineering

15+ years experience

bachelor's degree

secret clearance

Benefits & perks

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents
• Generous paid time off, including 8 designated holidays
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Tuition assistance and student loan assistance
• Wellness and employee assistance resources
• Employee stock purchase opportunities
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

About the employer

Saab is hiring for this role. Industry: Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals. Sector: 33.