Engineering Manager

Job Position: Engineering Manager
Job Location: Portland OR
Duration: Fulltime

Must Have:

• Direct report responsibility of at least three mechanical design engineers doing component and systems design related to or applicable to the automotive industry. Experience must be at least three years and show positive business results.
• Experience with phased product development and achieving project milestones at each phase. Planning work and defining engineering tasks through each phase to achieve results and adhere to a schedule.
• Experience in career path planning and performance management of engineering staff at all levels from junior to senior.
• Experience designing components and systems related to or applicable to the automotive industry. Demonstrated ability to teach junior engineers the art and science of mechanical design. Part types should be driveline castings shafting and gears. Systems should include torque transfer sealed enclosures motor actuators and controls.
• Experience in engineering analysis and design optimization to achieve an intended design result especially to reduce cost and maximize performance and product life.
• Experience in deploying engineering quality tools such as design failure mode analysis (DFMEA) design validation plan and report (DVP&R) design for manufacturability (DFM) bill of material (BOM) management cost estimating and project planning.
• Experience working directly with customers through the whole product life cycle from gathering requirements to design development product introduction and sustaining engineering. Experience with negotiating specification details with challenging customers.
• Experience in engineering problem solving including the application of rigorous problem-solving methodologies and implementation of corrective actions
• Experience driving product cost reductions and productivity improvement initiatives through design material process and supply chain development.
• Experience with administering or managing product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering change order (ECO) systems.
• Experience engaging engineering resources to address a customer emergency and meeting high demands in a timely manner.
• Experience managing warranty analysis and reduction initiatives including root cause analysis quality containment implementation of corrective actions and negotiating cost sharing with customers.

Preferred:

• Experience leading supervisor level staff with their own technical staff.
• Track record of innovation and patent history.
• Proficiency in CAD design and mechanical drawings.
• Agile project management
• Business modelling. Cost profit and payback calculations.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)