Experienced engineering leader with expertise in power electronics and inverter development, managing teams, budgets, and project timelines from concept through high-volume production. Skilled in designing high-voltage inverter systems, integrating electronics, thermal, and mechanical components, and ensuring performance, efficiency, and reliability through rigorous testing and quality assurance. Collaborates cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, and powertrain teams to deliver seamless vehicle integration. Drives innovation through technology roadmaps, competitive benchmarking, and strategic adoption of new technologies. Holds a degree in Electrical or Automotive Engineering with deep technical knowledge of circuit design, hardware-software integration, and simulation tools such as SPICE or MATLAB/Simulink. Demonstrated leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills within the automotive industry’s demanding regulatory and performance standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Alignment: Develop and implement programs that align with the organization's strategic goals and objectives. Program Planning: Define program scope, objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.

Project Coordination: Oversee multiple projects within a program, ensuring they are interconnected and progressing as planned. Stakeholder Management: Communicate with stakeholders, providing updates on program status, risks, and issues. Resource Management: Allocate resources effectively across projects and ensure optimal utilization. Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans. Budget Management: Manage program budgets and ensure financial resources are used effectively. Performance Monitoring: Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and program outcomes. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor project teams, providing guidance and support.

Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in program management processes

Program Managers are responsible for the overall success of a program, ensuring that it delivers the intended outcomes while adhering to established standards and timelines.

Hands-on technical manager able to design electrical circuits, write detailed electrical specifications, test procedures/reports, generate design output files, and work within the requirements/regulations of quality management system. Responsible for people management hiring, developing and implementing organizational structure, delivering performance reviews, providing continual feedback, coaching and career growth for direct reports. Growing the organization to support multiple fast-paced product categories. Articulate the technology, requirements, goals and milestones to executive management. Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of system electronics and provide solutions to design issues. Define and revise the long-term strategy for Cobham Satcom Work with the C-level to develop end-to-end program plans, influence teams to deliver against schedule, and keep the org and leadership informed on progress. Perform risk management and change management on programs. Drive internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions. Work with teams to set milestones, communicate program statuses, and identify/address potential setbacks. Works with engineering to ensure what is built has the right balance of cost versus benefit and focuses on addressing the highest priority partner team and customer needs.

Drive contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds. Production process development, documentation, optimization and validation. Development and implementation of new technologies to improve production quality, capacity and efficiency. Set standard practices and independently settle impact to design approaches and parameters to the final product. Provide direction, mentorship and resources to other engineering groups and project leaders as well as factory technicians. Act as lead engineer on a variety of projects and participates in the project planning of major sub-projects. Perform assignments in several of the following manufacturing engineering functions like Design for Manufacturability. Provide early and ongoing manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable. Product Engineering support on all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life. Provide production support engineering with respect to technically complex testing methods, procedures and failure analysis. Process Engineering using DVT, EVT and PCT process as DRI for technically complex processes to improve quality and efficiency. Failure/Data Analysis FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA. Plan, develop and implement technically complex procedures for the testing and evaluation of soon to be released products. Specify tests to be performed, compile data and make recommendations for product design changes and final assembly standards. This will include the use of Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis using Six Sigma principles. Provide regular VP level communication of technical health of program. ISO-13485

A dynamic engineering leader with a proven track record of continually improving products and processes by meeting and exceeding performance as well as customer requirements and implementing solution-based strategies. Strong reputation for building highly effective and motivated teams and a passionate advocate of empowering individuals and inspiring teams to achieve organizational goals. Adept at managing complex projects spread across multiple sites, teams and product lines and fostering and sustaining professional and productive relationships with cross functional teams, vendors and contract manufacturers. Strong background in Medical Device Design Controls, PLM, Continuous Improvement and NPI with experience in R&D and Operations. Accountable for Cockpit / Compass new product development process to meet regulatory requirements for verification, validation, human factors and 510K pre-market 21 CFR 820 FDA requirements.