Space Electronics Specialty Engineering Lead

BlueHalo; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 107,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment seeks a Specialty Engineering Manager in Albuquerque to lead a team of specialty engineers supporting space electronics programs, covering EEE parts, radiation effects, and reliability. The role blends technical leadership with people management to drive quality and timely execution across the organization.

Approximately half the time is spent applying technical expertise to programs, with the other half focused on coaching, performance management, workload allocation, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, reliability engineering, or related field.
• Significant experience in space electronics, aerospace hardware, or a highly regulated technical environment.
• Experience leading technical work across multiple programs or organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in EEE parts selection, radiation effects, or reliability.
• Support program teams with assessments, risk identification, and design decisions.
• Review analyses, reports, and engineering recommendations.
• Act as SME and escalation point for complex issues.
• Develop and improve engineering methods, standards, and tools.
• Participate in design reviews, risk reviews, and investigations.
• Maintain awareness of space hardware development processes and standards.
• Identify gaps and build team technical depth.
• Directly manage and develop a team of specialty engineers.
• Conduct 1:1s focused on priorities, performance, and development.
• Set expectations for quality, timeliness, and conduct.
• Allocate time across programs and priorities.
• Monitor progress and ensure commitments are met.
• Balance workload and address conflicts.
• Provide feedback and recognize performance; manage concerns.
• Establish development plans and training for team members.
• Recruit and retain high-performing engineering talent.
• Represent the team in staffing and planning discussions.
• Promote collaboration across engineering, design, manufacturing, QA, and program management.

Skills

EE parts engineering

Radiation effects

Reliability engineering

Leadership across programs

Resource prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Job description

AeroVironment seeks a Specialty Engineering Manager in Albuquerque to lead a team of specialty engineers supporting space electronics programs, covering EEE parts, radiation effects, and reliability. The role blends technical leadership with people management to drive quality and timely execution across the organization.

Approximately half the time is spent applying technical expertise to programs, with the other half focused on coaching, performance management, workload allocation, and ensuring