Sr. Product Engineer

avav; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 122,500 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Product Engineer to lead sustaining engineering for UAV systems used in military and commercial applications.

Responsibilities include design modifications, BOM management, and cross-functional collaboration with product, manufacturing, and suppliers. Responsibilities cover transition of new products to production, design verification testing, and creation of operator manuals and production tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is preferred.
• 8–12 years in engineering design and production support.

Responsibilities

• Manages product line configuration and change orders in Oracle PLM.
• Understands product design and manufacturing processes.
• Interfaces with customers to capture performance and configuration requirements.
• Acts as technical lead for ongoing support and change initiation.
• Contributes to proposals, contract reviews, and production planning.
• Leads transition of new products into production.
• Releases engineering documents, BOMs, procedures, and tooling.
• Drives product improvements with cross-functional teams.
• Manages component obsolescence for the product line.
• Provides failure analysis and field-technical content.
• Collaborates with suppliers, purchasing, and planning on issues.
• Determines methods for new tasks and may lead a team.

Skills

UAV systems

RF design

Altium CAD

Manufacturing support

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Tools

Oracle PLM

Altium CAD

MS Office

Job description

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

As a Sr. Product Engineer at AeroVironment, one helps lead the sustaining engineering support for UAV systems for military and commercial applications. Includes design modifications of structural components, electro-mechanical assemblies, payloads, ground equipment, launching systems, flight control actuators, prototype hardware development, performing design verification testing, and configuration management of products. Other duties: developing & maintaining manufacturing drawings and bills of materials for components and assemblies using industry drafting standards, supporting design reviews, assisting project managers with the planning and scheduling of engineering work, and supporting manufacturing & suppliers with the production of mechanical components & assemblies.

Position Responsibilities

• Manages product line configuration and changing orders in Oracle PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system
• Understands product design and features, be familiar with the manufacturing process
• Understands customer performance and configuration requirements for product
• Acts as the technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, including managing manufacturing and customer issues escalated to engineering
• Supports and assists in proposal & report writing, review of contracts for production orders
• Help lead the transition of new products and product variants into production
• Assists in leading the release and update of engineering design documentation, operator manuals, bill of materials, manufacturing procedures, product acceptance test procedures, and production tooling and test equipment
• Leads development, testing and release of product improvements and variants in cooperation with product line manager, design engineers and project managers
• Provides component obsolescence management for the product line
• Provides customer support for failure analysis, field bulletin technical content, general product information
• Works with suppliers, purchasing and planning to ensure resolution of technical issues that impact production
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead)
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification
• 8 - 12 years of related experience in a similar role, including experience in engineering design, environment, including support of products in production
• Experience with unmanned air vehicles plus RF, digital, and communications electronics design, electronics manufacturing troubleshooting, PCB layout, schematics and assembly's Design/drafting/CAD (Altium), including ASME Y14 drawing standards
• Experienced using configuration management principles
• Demonstrated knowledge of general Engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties, electronics, systems, software
• Experience with understanding requirements for building production assemblies, including documentation for use on production floor
• Demonstrated experience integrating across technical disciplines and organizations, including program management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers and customers
• Experienced and proficient with office software and computer-based productivity tools

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Advanced degree is preferred
• Team Leadership experience is preferred
• Desirable experience or attributes: Oracle PLM data management system product configuration management standards (MIL-HDBK-61A, EIA-649-B)
• Demonstrates competency in solving basic structural dynamics problems
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluations criteria for obtaining results
• 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 strong communication skills
• Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)
• Requires frequent travel to support working with suppliers, resolving product issues, participating in system tests, and supporting customers

Clearance Level

Public Trust

Salary Range

$122,500 - $187,000

Benefits

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.

ITAR

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.