Senior HW Project Engineer

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Job Title:

Senior HW Project Engineer

Reporting To:

Management, Project Engineering

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Phoenix, AZ

Role: Sr. Lead HW Project Engineer

MOOG Space and Defense

Are you an experienced electronic systems Project Engineer looking for your next great opportunity? Moog Inc. is currently recruiting a Senior Lead HW Project Engineer to support our Spaceflight hardware business in Gilbert, AZ!

What we do:

Moog’s Gilbert AZ facility is a leading designer of spaceflight hardware and is a part of the Spacecraft Avionics business unit in the Space & Defense Group. Moog has partnered with NASA to provide electronic solutions for the Artemis Orion Crew Capsule, Viper Lunar Rover, Satellite Laser Communications Relay, OSIRIS-REX to study asteroid composition along with complete satellite buses for the defense department.

We are seeking an experienced electrical engineer (EE) to be the project technical lead and point of contact for customers on custom spacecraft avionics projects. Project scope includes architecture definition, design & development, component procurement, manufacturing, unit/environmental testing, and product requirement verification.  The successful candidate will coordinate the work of electrical / mechanical / FPGA / software designers, test engineers, product delivery technicians, specialty design analysts, and other key members of a cross-functional project team in the pursuit of successful project execution.  Working jointly with the program manager, the Senior Lead HW Project Engineer shares responsibility for execution to cost and schedule targets throughout the course of a project.  Facilitative leadership between program management, quality, and operations groups will be required in this role as the Senior Lead HW Project Engineer ensures product development activities follow Moog’s phase-gate process.  Additionally, the Senior Lead HW Project Engineer is responsible to manage stakeholder requirements, interpreting and deriving lower-level requirements as necessary, to ensure delivery of a product that meets all customer needs. This position reports to the Lead System Engineering Manager whose team is responsible for design and delivery of all Moog Space Avionics products that do not fall within the Integrated Avionics Unit product line (i.e., all custom products).

To be considered for the Sr Lead HW Project Engineer role, here's what you'll need to bring with you: 

• Bachelor of Science (required) or Master of Science (preferred) in Electrical Engineering.
• A minimum of 7 – 10 years of experience in electronic systems leading EE PCBA design (schematic/layout) and/or embedded microprocessor / FPGA / ASIC design. Must have proven project engineering track record leading, coordinating and facilitating a team of technical contributors during product development execution.
• Experience leading cross-functional project teams and project engineering experience related to cost, schedule, risk management, and technical execution of product design and development including prototyping and manufacturing phases.
• Experience authoring, managing, deriving, and verifying requirements for complex electronics systems. Prefer direct user experience with a requirement management database such as: IBM Rational DOORS, JAMA Connect, Siemens Polarion, etc.
• A high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Self-starting instincts and a strong sense of project ownership.
• Ability to work independently with a strong technical foundation while proactively identifying and resolving technical challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently with internal and external customers, serving as technical focal point for projects. Confident public speaker.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture and digital interface technologies.

• Having experience designing or specifying space-based, radiation-hardened electronic components is highly desired.
• Ability to work onsite and be the primary POC during product testing campaigns.

As Sr Lead HW Project Engineer, you will be responsible to: 

• Serve as lead responsible engineer and technical point of contact to customers on design, development, and production of custom space electronics.
• Provide effective project leadership to cross-functional and cross-site engineering teams for development / qualification / production programs. Assign tasks to team members. Review work product for technical accuracy.
• Manage budget, schedule, risk, and technical execution for development and production projects for which you are responsible. Actively manage scope creep.
• Manage product requirements from internal and external customer stakeholders through product development evolution including deriving design and test requirements necessary to ensure product performance, functionality, reliability and manufacturability. Collaborate with designers to validate conceptual solutions through the performance of trade studies and analyses. Allocate product requirements to functional disciplines and coordinate the verification activities across the project team to ensure all product requirements are verified and documented.
• Author and review engineering analyses and reports. Ensure project data deliverables meet customer specifications and are delivered on time.
• Author test procedures. Assist in design verification testing and production hardware testing. Read and understand printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) schematics. Use laboratory measurement equipment to diagnose and troubleshoot electronic failures down to the discrete component / integrated circuit level.
• Resolve non-conformance issue encountered during manufacturing and testing activities including leading Failure Review Board (FRB) meetings and championing Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts.
• Assign tasks to and review the work of system engineering, product engineers and other lead engineers and provide mentorship to junior engineers.

Salary Range Transparency:

Phoenix, AZ $115,000.00–$155,000.00 Annually

Salary Range Disclaimer

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits. 

This position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.

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