Hardware Engineering Manager

Hardware Engineering Manager

Space is not a place to go, its a place to do, and at Lockheed Martin Space, we do difficult. In other words, we create, design and build stuff and send it into space, often flying the missions once up there. Whether its to Mars or taking samples of asteroids, our Engineers do the seemingly impossible. For over one hundred years, we have successfully pushed the boundaries of engineering to reach new heights. Our culture and environment empowers employees to dream big, make calculated decisions and create incredible products. This position will provide engineering leadership and management skills to a diverse team. Understanding engineering processes will be required to lead the team. This position will oversee hardware design, configuration, troubleshooting, baseline preservation, maintenance, and all documentation. Other duties include employee selection / recruitment, training, mentoring, time charging review / approval, salary planning, promotion planning, recognition activities and in general, maintaining a rewarding and productive work environment for this team. In addition, you will be expected to engage in the management and development of personnel to include performing candid employee reviews / evaluations. You will work closely with site leadership, program managers, product owners, and peers; assuming project responsibility for integration and management of product baselines at a customer site. This is a day-staff position, located at Peterson Space Force Base. After-hours support may be required. This position and the team will require an on-call component for 24 / 7 emergency support. Specific tasks include :

• Management of a 7 to 10 person team.
• Technical work will be expected in this position.
• Review interconnects, rack elevations, and design documentation
• Oversee Periodic Maintenance Inspections for lab equipment. Report metrics and completion to program management
• Review and report system Obsolescence data. Provide recommendations for replacement of obsolete components.
• Own, execute, and status program assigned initiatives and projects.
• Coordination with system administration, network engineers, and other functional areas.
• Recruit and hire to develop the proper skill level
• Focus on providing guidance to staff members to meet critical schedules and resolve critical / complex technical or operational problems.
• Perform administrative management duties for engineering staff. This includes timecard approval (timekeeping / overtime authorization), compliance training, promotions, job actions, performance reviews, awards, and terminations.
• Assist and coordinate with the test team for system integration and test activities.
• Provide status briefings to senior leadership and / or customer.
• Support Ad hoc tasking and stretch assignments as outlined by Program Leaders

This is an MID-SR CAREER (level 4) ROLE where candidates require 9+ years of professional experience and a BS degree or above. Selected candidate must have a Secret security clearance prior to start. This position is contingent upon the program award expected in October / November (post shutdown). Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy :

This position has a collaborative and modern agile workspace in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. We care about our employees and offer a generous benefits package : 401K, PTO, and work / life balance and more.