at Mid-Continent Instrument Company Inc in Wichita, Kansas, United States
Job Description
THE POSITION…
As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for planning, leading, and successfully completing new product development projects. Projects encompass involvement and oversight of the entire product development lifecycle including concept, design, test, certification, production rollout, and ongoing support. To be successful in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate sound leadership, high level time management and organizational skills, and a results-oriented focus.
At Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, we are committed to quality, service, integrity, and professionalism. Our employees serve the best customers from all over the world in general, business and commercial, advanced air mobility, defense and special missions markets. In this role, you’ll be an important part of the reason our customers consider us to be a premier instrument, avionics, and aircraft power solutions provider.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT…
- Lead multiple, simultaneous product development projects from start to support, including team dynamics, schedule, technical resolutions, progress tracking, and scope management
- Coach, mentor, motivate and develop direct reports
- Direct all phases of product development, including verification of compliance to all applicable regulatory, customer/market, and quality requirements
- Drive projects to meet company and engineering time, cost and performance targets
- Contribute to technical problem solving through reviews, support, and direct product design as needed
- Collaborate with cross-functional and departmental teams to achieve win-win solutions throughout the product development and production implementation process
- Work with Sales and customers, including limited travel, to support new opportunities on technical and programmatic topics
- Interact with the FAA and other regulatory agencies as needed to support the certification and compliance of our products and their integration at the aircraft level
- Research and evaluate new components, technologies, and methods to incorporate into new designs
- Support technical inquiries from internal and external customers for new and legacy products
