Engineering Manager - Electrical

oshkoshcorporation; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh company, seeks an Engineering Manager - Electrical to lead a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and technicians. You will drive design, validation, and troubleshooting of electrical/electronic systems for heavy-duty vehicles, while ensuring projects meet schedule and budget requirements.

Responsibilities include coaching team members, budgeting, and presenting technical decisions to leadership and customers, with heavy emphasis on continuous

Qualifications

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering with eight or more years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an engineering team of Engineers, Designers, and Technicians.
• Direct plans, directs and coordinates activities of the engineering team.
• Provide coaching and development through performance feedback and training.
• Prepare and control department budget and forecast operating costs.
• Present and defend technical engineering decisions to leadership and external customers.
• Manage complex projects on time with defined schedules and budgets.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers and suppliers on technical issues.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Project management

Team development

Technical decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAN/SAE J1939

Vehicle networking

Job description

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you’ll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people’s lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

The Engineering Manager - Electrical leads and manages the engineering team. Responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts across different engineering disciplines. Responsible for making critical decisions that have a large impact on projects and engineering initiatives. Develops and fosters Engineers to think innovatively, hold accountability, and process improvement on a daily basis. Provides technical leadership within the electrical engineering department/platform. Performs complex engineering analysis, design or re-design, validation and troubleshooting of electrical/electronic systems for heavy duty vehicles. Provides integration and execution expertise for vehicle control and embedded systems development.

YOUR IMPACT:

• Manage an engineering team consisting of Engineers, Designers, and Technicians.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of their engineering team.
• Team of direct reports may include people leaders.
• Provide coaching and development for their team through regular performance feedback, technical and professional training opportunities and creation of individual development plans for team members.
• Prepare and control department budget, forecast operating costs of department, and direct preparation of budget requests.
• Has some level of P&L responsibility.
• Understands market share and P&L for their product line - business acumen.
• Collaborate and build relationships with internal and external customers, across segments and functions.
• Ability to present and defend technical engineering decisions to Engineering leadership, Oshkosh leadership, and external customers.
• Responsible for completion of a complex project on time.
• Will be responsible for overall project schedule and budget.
• Responsible for managing multiple priorities.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• May have exposure to the external customers and/or industry organizations.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers working on a common project.
• Perform and check complex engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to Oshkosh as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Responsible for the preparation and delivery of complex plans designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Research, create, and update standard engineering methodology and procedures - best practices, etc.
• Perform and check complex electrical engineering analysis of customer requirements, including design of new and modified systems, ensuring current products remain competitive as well as supporting new products.
• Interface with customers/suppliers to resolve complex technical issues to provide the business with innovative, industry leading solutions.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level Engineers.
• Perform and check complex engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to Oshkosh as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Responsible for the preparation and delivery of complex electrical plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Research, create, and update standard engineering methods and procedures, best practices etc.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with eight (8) or more years of related experience.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Design experience with programming languages and controls software.
• Design experience with Controller Area Network (CAN)/SAE J1939 and/or Vehicle Networking.
• Electrical troubleshooting/root cause/corrective action experience.
• Wire Harness design expertise and process improvement experience.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information; may include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.
• External Contacts: Limited external contact to gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.
• Communication Skills: Read, write and comp