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LSI is an employee-owned company and employs dynamic teams of professionals – people with the finest technical expertise, a level of passionate creativity, and a truly visionary outlook who deliver innovative training solutions that exceed our customer’s expectations. Everyone at LSI has a personal stake in our success.
LSI has over 400 training and training support experts, engineers, and craftsmen on staff who develop state-of-the-art high-fidelity training devices, complex computer-based, highly interactive distributed learning products, and comprehensive, dynamic technical publications. LSI employee-owners collaborate to deliver training products and services for a myriad of programs and customers, using leading edge technology and proven processes.
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General Summary
The Electrical Engineering Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the electrical engineering team and for meeting the tactical and strategic goals of their managers. The Electrical Engineering Manager is responsible for the oversight and implementation of all electrical engineering work and activities within LSI. Implements and maintains policies and procedures for designing, testing, installing, and maintaining electronic equipment or devices. Reviews and approves new or revised designs, testing or installation procedures.
Essential Job Functions
• Manages and leads an IPT (Integrated Project Team) during various phases of project/program development and testing, providing goals, direction, daily tasking and recurring feedback to team members.
• Provides electrical engineering recommendations and technical support on electrical engineering reviews, strategic plans, and projects.
• Monitors and manages electrical engineering projects to ensure work is conducted within scope, estimated cost, and meets quality standards and expectations.
• Provides electrical design status updates to program/project managers upon request and/or a regularly scheduled basis to be determined by the project needs.
• Identifies risk associated with electrical design and contract specifications for projects and recommends mitigation strategy.
• Develops a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and schedule for the EE elements of a project when required.
• Ensures all electrical engineering deliverables meet the project standards and specifications by enforcing adherence to QA policies and procedures.
• Ensures on-time product development by collaborating with other Functional Managers and Project Managers to estimate reasonable and precise schedules and solve problems quickly.
• Solid understanding of Software portions of projects, extending over the fine line between hardware (EE) and software (SW). For example, test software, custom test scripts, firmware loading, Linux debug, log file analysis.
• Uses and selects test equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, meters, power supplies, etc.
• Provides indoctrination and training for new EE employees.
• Provides guidance and professional development to team of engineers.
• Ensures electrical engineering projects/programs are properly staffed and milestones are achieved. Screens resumes and holds interviews for potential new EE employees.
• Holds meetings with the EE team as necessary.
• Participates in Change Control Boards (CCB).
• May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other projects/missions/programs.
• Identifies potential scheduling issues and communicates these with other functional managers in a timely manner to deal with the problems.
• When designated, attends meeting and planning conferences. May be required to conduct briefings and have direct interface with customers and project/program stakeholders. Delivers organized and informed presentations.
• Ensures all EE employees maintain their work under the designated configuration management system.
• Must be capable of estimating time and effort during proposal activities based on general requirements provided by customers.
• Must be capable of safely handling government-furnished equipment and materials.
• Must be available to work a standard weekly schedule with overtime as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
• Manages electrical engineering team. Provides initial 90-day performance evaluation, performance appraisals, and annual performance evaluations for EE team members. Makes recommendations to the VP or Director of Engineering for merit increases and bonuses. Establishes and communicates performance expectations for EE team members. Identifies unsatisfactory performance/behavior of EE team members and documents counseling and remediation plans.
• Ensures all employees under his or her purview complete annual HR training, Security training, Safety training, OPSEC training, and other training as required by the LSI Board of Directors.
