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Director of Hardware Engineering

Salt Lake City, UT · Information Technology

Required Qualifications: Must have one of these combinations

  • Bachelor’s Degree with a Minimum of 15 years of prior related (preferred areas of study include Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering (RF and antenna helpful) experience.
  • Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience. 
Skills and Certifications [note: bold skills and certification are required]
Antenna, RF, PCB
DoD, defense experience
Security Clearance Required: Secret
Visa Candidate Considered: No

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Advanced degree in Engineering and/or Management
  • Deep experience in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering and prior work experience within the Defense industry
  • Experience and demonstrated competence in technical leadership (project engineer or other technical lead) for large complex programs
  • Experience managing the engineering content of large DoD proposals and/or new business pursuits
  • Experience in system level development, requirements definition, analysis, integration and risk mitigation for large communications systems
  • Deep experience with Earned Value management (EVMS), metrics, and data driven decisions
  • Demonstrated problem solving and technical/programmatic judgment
  • Strong team player with experience managing highly technical teams
  • Strong sense of ownership
  • Ability to communicate confidently and concisely to both engineers and non-engineers
  • Proven ability to translate the vision/strategy into clear priorities and direction
  • Track record of being highly collaborative with a proven ability to quickly establish trust and credibility among peers and customers
  • Experience navigating matrix organizations to identify key stakeholders and create efficiencies in related efforts
  • Experience leading development and production of wireless communication systems and associated building blocks (e.g. antennas, RF electronics, mechanical design, CCA/PCB design, interconnect, Mechanical and Electrical CAD) for line of sight and satellite applications
  • Experience developing and/or leading embedded software engineering projects
  • Experience developing and/or leading analog and digital hardware projects
  • Experience leading cross functional discipline engineering teams
  • Experience providing compelling technological briefings to executive level stakeholders
  • Experience managing multiple layers of management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with customers and teammates

 
​Tracy Webster

President
Simply Staffed
twebster@simplystaffed.com
513.504.5070
 

 

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