Senior Electrical Systems Manager – Aerospace & Defense

Cessna Aircraft Company; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Schedules

Education Assistance

Career Development & Training

Wellness Program

Health, Dental, Vision & 401(k)

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Textron Systems is seeking an Electrical Systems Sr. Manager to direct and integrate all electrical engineering activities across a complex aerospace development program.

You will serve as the senior electrical engineering leader, guiding design, verification, test, and equipment development to meet requirements and customer expectations. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, coordinate across engineering domains, and ensure rigorous change management, requirements traceability, and program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 15+ years of aerospace or defense engineering with increasing leadership.
• Experience leading integrated electrical engineering teams.
• Strong background in avionics, power systems, verification and test.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with aerospace development lifecycle processes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for all electrical engineering activities on the program.
• Establish and maintain the electrical engineering baseline across design, integration, verification and test.
• Ensure designs meet performance, reliability, safety, EMI/EMC, power, thermal and environmental requirements.
• Lead technical decision-making, trade studies, design reviews and risk assessments.
• Drive timely resolution of complex technical issues affecting cost, schedule, or integration.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary electrical engineering organization across design, systems engineering, test and equipment development.
• Align engineering priorities and staffing across integrated product teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and ensure engineering rigor and accountability.
• Support staffing plans and process improvements.
• Oversee development of avionics hardware, electrical architectures, power distribution, harnessing, and interfaces.
• Ensure configuration control and disciplined change management.
• Coordinate interfaces across mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing and systems teams.
• Ensure requirements traceability and verification planning is integrated.
• Oversee verification and validation activities including bench, integration, environmental testing and EMI/EMC qualification.
• Direct development of test equipment, automated test systems and lab integration capabilities.
• Review and approve test objectives and instrumentation plans.
• Correlate analytical predictions with lab data and qualification results.
• Support program planning, cost estimation and risk management.
• Track engineering execution against milestones and performance measures.
• Provide status updates to leadership and customers.
• Support major program reviews.

Skills

Electrical engineering leadership

Avionics systems

Power systems

Verification & test

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Textron Systems is seeking an Electrical Systems Sr. Manager to direct and integrate all electrical engineering activities across a complex aerospace development program.

You will serve as the senior electrical engineering leader, guiding design, verification, test, and equipment development to meet requirements and customer expectations. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, coordinate across engineering domains, and ensure rigorous change management, requirements traceability, and program