Wartech Engineering is a fast-paced small business defense contractor ready to welcome an Engineering Manager to work with and lead our team of innovative, experienced engineers. If you want a career with innovative, rewarding work that makes a difference at a company with a mission you can get behind, this job could be for you.

About Wartech:

• Central Mission: to support US Warfighters by supplying them with equipment that works every time, is delivered on time, brings them home safely and allows them to fulfill their most critical missions.
• Causes we support: Employing Veterans, Supporting our Troops, STEM Education, sustainable energy, community outreach, dog rescue
• Rewarding work that makes a difference
• Competitive pay
• Positive company culture that prioritizes well-being and support of employees.
• Competitive pay based on experience
• health insurance
• vision insurance
• dental insurance
• 401k program
• Open to helping with relocation expenses for the right candidate.

Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate is an Engineer first and Manager second. To be successful, you will need proven capability of leading a team of engineers through projects from conceptualization to innovation to completion. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and inspiring his or her team while working alongside them to achieve their performance metrics.Your collaborative attitude and interpersonal skills will help you thrive as an Engineering Manager. 

Ideal candidate must have the proven ability of an engineer to generate conceptual designs in response to complex performance specifications, analytically validate those conceptual designs using modern Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software and present the results of those efforts in a clear and concise manner via technical presentations and reports to Wartech’s customers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, coach, and support engineering team
• Ability to apply advanced engineering techniques to assist team where needed
• Create a technical strategy and budget proposal
• Implement and monitor technical strategy performance metrics
• Communicate engineer team goals with engineering staff members
• Coordinate internal teams to ensure project timelines and budgets are met

Job Skills:

• Hands-on application of technical analysis and engineering skills including FEMAP, Nastran, Creo and other engineering software packages.
• Practical hands-on experience and the ability to translate that experience into reliable design intuition and interpretation of analysis results critical to supporting Wartech’s customers.
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Exceptional communication skills
• Polished technical writing skills
• Extensive experience coordinating and presenting technical presentations
• Critical thinking skills
• Collaborative teamwork skills
• Solid time-management skills to meet deadlines

Job Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen or "US Person" in accordance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
• 3-10 years of work experience in mechanical engineering using finite element analysis, solid modeling, and predictive analytical tools.
• Education: undergraduate degree in either mechanical or aerospace engineering. (Master’s or PhD-level graduate work or degree is preferred)
• Preferred experience with a military or aerospace engineering environment, particularly in applying military standards and designing in compliance with military performance specifications.
• Proven experience interacting with customers directly in a presentation or technical reporting capacity.

We look forward to receiving your application and answering any questions you have about filling our Engineering Manager Position.