Must have Aviation experience (AS90100D)
The position of Manufacturing Program Director (MPD) encompasses the responsibility to ensure on-time production & delivery of latest aviation transponder, The MPD will ensure all cross-functional personnel are appropriate trained, processes and documentation are in place for production, and subcomponent materials are on-hand to delivery for airline customers.
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Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure all technical, cost and schedule objectives are aligned with program goals
• Oversee Bill of Material for all deliverables for electronic design, mechanical assemblies, and overall system to ensure assembly production is aligned to support forecast timelines
• Manage circuit board test system readiness, ensuring all test parameters and system configurations are available to support PCB throughput
• Coordinate Sales, Engineering, Quality, Shipping and Production data to enable production availability forecasts based on resource availability
• Strategically prioritize component procurements to balance minimal inventory while eliminating production stoppages.
• Oversee the procurement of all deliverable artifacts associated with ELT-DT. These include, but are not limited to: cabling, maintenance computing resources, and antennas.
• As applicable, identify Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) to ensure changes of design elements are delivered to meet production needs.
• Ensure all software programming tools are able to program ELTs and that new profiles are uploaded appropriately
• Coordinate with Sustainment and Manufacturing Engineering team to balance production requirements with all other sustainment production items ·
• Review and develop work instructions, as appropriate, to ensure processes are aligned with production needs.
• Manages supplier quality defects, assembly non-conformances; identifies workarounds to supply strict delivery timelines
• As required, takes personal accountability in delivering in whatever function requires delivery support (Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Shipping).

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Required skills/abilities

• Able to interpret sales forecast data into supply chain demands, while balancing cost and lead time decisions
• Able to evaluate engineering processes that align with production demands in embedded system electronics environment
• Able to adhere to aviation quality standards that support AS9100D certification standards.
• Able to coordinate complex production requirements between engineering, production, shipping, quality, and supply chain
• Effective and frequent written and oral communication to technical team
• Able to assess electronic printed circuit board (PCB) bill of materials (BOMs) for accuracy and compliance
• Balance workloads between various production functions
• Unwilling to accept ‘No’ for an answer for ability to deliver production commitments to customers
• Exhibits exceptional judgement in identifying potential risk areas and identifies solutions to focus on delivery expectations

| Knowledge, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Field (Mechanical or Electrical preferred)
• Minimum 15 years working as a technical leader in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain or prior applicable experience
• Previous experience delivering electronics assemblies for commercial aviation customers
• Previous experience working in aviation businesses interfacing directly with customers in manufacturing environment