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This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions. Click here (https://www.eba-d.com/) to learn more.

Job Description

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) is a leader in energetic system solutions offered to aerospace and defense customers for a wide array of applications. EBAD products & capabilities set the U.S. standard and are highly sought after in the international community.

EBAD’s continued growth requires an accomplished engineer for the position of Product Development Lead, reporting to the Product Development Manager for NEA/TiNi. The position is located in Moorpark, CA.

This is a great opportunity for an engineer with technical, people, and process improvement skills to grow as a leader into a new role and gain new experiences! You will manage a talented team that works on the payload deployment product line, provide technical expertise, and become an intricate component of our continued business growth.

Responsibilities:

The Product Development Lead will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers responsible for the Payload Deployment product line. The Product Development Lead has the following main areas of responsibility:

+ Technically oversee progress of new product development and work with engineers through design changes, test and performance anomalies with development engineers and customers as required

+ Drive and support execution of your team’s projects in all areas: technical requirements review and verification, design creation and evaluation, risk assessments and mitigation plans, drawing and test procedure review, design review content, proposal technical and cost reviews, and problem solving

+ Leverage experience and expertise to mentor, train, and in general develop individual and overall team capabilities. Provides appropriate training and development opportunities that stretch team members in valuable directions, and close gaps.

+ Drive Engineering success by ensuring use of consistent, rigorous engineering processes, tools, methods, standards, and techniques.

+ Build and drive a culture of rigorous engineering practices, RCCA, problem solving, and Knowledge Management.

+ Establish, measure, and drive improvements in standard work, processes, and procedures required for their team to be successful in a changing environment. Gather and analyze data to identify and then resolve systemic issues faced by their team.

+ Manage and grow your team’s talent and capabilities to align with current and future company needs

+ Determine staffing levels and build high performing, diverse, and flexible teams that meet our customer project performance needs now and into the future.

+ Support sales efforts, customer interface activities, customer problem resolution, and employee relations/morale as a member of the EBA&D management team. Facilitate a successful team-based organization.

Requirements:

+ The successful candidate must have a BS/MS in an engineering discipline and a minimum of 5 years of project, design or related engineering experience. Mechanical, Aerospace, and/or Chemical are the preferred engineering disciplines.

+ Required experience includes problem solving/root cause analysis, leadership of multi-functional technical teams, project management, technical writing and cost estimating.

+ Candidates should have the ability to interpret and analyze mechanical specifications and data.

+ Knowledge of missile/launch vehicle/ spacecraft systems as well as experience with manufacturing processes and product development is necessary.

+ Experience with government specifications and industry standards related to aerospace components’ and systems’ design, manufacture, and test.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

Ensign-Bickford Industries, (http://e-bind.com) (EBI), founded in 1836, is a privately-owned high technology conglomerate that participates in businesses that are relevant to the future of the world and have multigenerational growth prospects. As One EBI, we innovate in science and technology for the safety, health, and well-being of society, creating exceptional long-term value.

Watch the video above to learn more about some of the incredible challenges we take on every day to deliver the best product for our customers, and ultimately the world.

Ensign-Bickford Industries (EBI) is a global science and technology organization with unparalleled leadership positions in attractive industries and markets. We are EBI, positioned to take on some of the world's most complex technological and scientific challenges in diagnostics, pet food science, and aerospace and defense.

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We conduct business in a manner that reflects the highest human and ethical standards. With that commitment to mutually beneficial partnerships and a belief in the efficacy of genuine economic and social service, this cornerstone is the foundation of who we are as a company and our winning vision.

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