Engineering Associate Vice President, Business Group Chief Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Personifies the AV pillar of “Innovation”.
• Oversees all development and product sustainment activities within the business group
• Represents/communicates the technical interests of the business group to internal and external stakeholders
• Drives the technical response for business proposals
• Leads the technical team that will efficiently and effectively fulfill program technical, schedule and cost requirements and drives process improvements within the business group, consistent with the Segment…
• Supports the creation of product technical roadmaps by collaborating with Product Line Management, Customers, CTO and additional internal stakeholders
• Chairs the technical review board and is the final authority for product documentation and engineering change requests/orders
• Collaborates with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure technical specifications, as designed, are managed/controlled and flow through the entire value chain

Job requirements

• Education / experience or aircraft subsystems in R&D environment is preferred
• Follows standard practices and procedures when analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Completes assigned tasks within schedule and budget
• Shares ideas and experiences with others, solicits feedback and asks relevant questions
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills