Engineering Controls Manager
Our Systems Engineering team is seeking an experienced Engineering Controls Manager to serve as a senior-level member of the engineering management team, with responsibility for managing a team of control system engineers. This position will be tasked with driving and participating in technical strategy, innovation, product delivery, and continuous improvement. This selected candidate must possess a range of technical and leadership skills as well as business acumen.
This position will be based near Indianapolis!
Essential Functions:
- Frequently communicate and interface with customers’ engineering teams to discuss our engineering capabilities, customer applications/requirements, and coordinate project activities.
- Possess a broad knowledge of controls, power conversion, and their application to the industries, equipment, and customers that we serve.
- Demonstrate strong project management independently, or in cooperation with others, to diligently collect information to form cost estimates, labor estimates, contingency plans, materials and supply chain lead times, prioritization, and resource availability.
- Demonstrate proficiency in collecting the voice of the customer and translating the information into actionable plans and results.
- Stay up-to-date on current technologies in the industry, as well as emerging technologies and trends.
- Research and conduct competitive analysis, including pricing and product, of key competitors and customers.
- Assist in overall product strategies and product roadmaps.
- Own and develop product requirements/functional specification by working with customers, field engineering, sales, and other associated product stakeholders.
- Demonstrate excellent skills in problem solving and project management.
- Develop and maintain engineering processes and standards.
- Prioritize the respective engineering group’s project and manage the category pipeline.
- Play a critical role in defining the overall product and growth strategy by partnering with Business Development and Product Development.
- Coordinate and execute new product introductions with other functional departments through the Stage Gate Process.
- Demonstrate proficiency in planning and managing departmental budgets and project costs.
- Execute work in effective and efficient ways to best serve customers and attain Corporate goals.
Requirements
- Education & Experience
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power, Software, Physics, or Computer Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
- Master’s of Science or Business Administration is preferred
- >10 years of engineering experience
- >15 years of industry and related experience
- 10 years of experience in electric machines, drives, controls, and/or systems
- Additional Requirements
- Extensive and up-to-date knowledge in drives, controls, and/or rotating electric machines
- Knowledge and experience in industrial and/or machine control theory
- Experience with mining machine systems applications, including but not limited to electric mining shovels, draglines, haul trucks, rotary blast hole drills, and hydraulic excavators
- Demonstrated experience in managing the product lifecycle of systems and products
- Demonstrated success with the ability to identify key customer requirements and translate them into detailed product specifications for multi-generational products
- Direct experience in formulating, producing, and implementing product roadmaps
- Good business acumen and the ability to cascade business goals to engineering objectives
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation and demonstration skills, to diverse technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills working with the technical team and senior leaders
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong time management skills with the ability to multitask while coordinating multiple high-level priorities
- Leverageable experience with engineering tools and systems, including simulators, modeling, virtual prototyping, and statistical analysis
- Good ability to work with the business ERP system
- Strong knowledge of personal computers, including Microsoft Office software
- Ability to promote a positive company image to customers at all times
- Ability to read, write, and comprehend complex written and verbal instructions
- Ability to understand, perform, and retain various job-related training, operational, and safety procedures
- Must have the ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and decision-making related to non-routine duties
- Anticipates preventable problems before they occur
- Overnight travel, including internationally required
- Authorized to work in the US without work visa sponsorship