Engineering manager job description

The primary mission of Johnson Controls Navy Systems is to supply Chilled Water Air Conditioning Plants, Refrigeration Systems and associated equipment to the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Johnson Controls Navy Systems is a part of the Johnson Controls Federal Systems business. Our robust, high reliability products are designed, manufactured and tested in York, PA to military and other stringent customer specifications. Most of our designs are custom engineered for the specific application.

This position is for an Engineering Manager working in the Johnson Controls Navy Systems engineering team. The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a group of electrical engineers/technicians and controls engineers/technicians to design, develop, test, qualify and troubleshoot chilled water air conditioning units and refrigeration units for the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Our Engineering Managers are working managers that frequently perform challenging technical tasks in parallel with managing personnel.

Manage the Johnson Controls Navy Systems (JCNS) Electrical and Controls Team, which currently consists of six (6) engineers, three (3) technicians and one (1) consultant, by providing technical and programmatic direction to the team, removing obstacles preventing progress, providing information/tools to accomplish tasks, managing multiple conflicting priorities and responding to emergent issues in a fast paced environment. Work with the JCFS Information Technology (IT) team and the JCNS security team to facilitate chiller software development on JCNS secured networks.

Manage preparing proposals. Lead the team to examine equipment specifications and resolve resultant issues so that our proposals are specification compliant. Create program task lists, compile team estimates and expenses, identify external costs, and prepare product specifications used to obtain supplier quotations and manage supplier development efforts.

Work with the program managers to establish and meet program milestones by holding periodic meetings and tracking action items to identify, and resolve issues.

Manage multiple JCNS development programs. Develop chiller control algorithms leveraging off of past Navy successes and commercial advancements. Ensure control algorithms are properly implemented in the code for our products. Support chiller qualification testing, including electronic hardware, electromagnetic interference (EMI), shock, vibration and communication tests. Maintain software configuration control, including information assurance (cyber security). Update the JCNS Software Development Process to conform to contractual requirements and advances in technology. Ensure our Software Development Process satisfies customer requirements.

Manage JCNS production and test block support activities. Work with JCNS purchasing and suppliers to meet JCNS specification requirements and delivery schedules. Support electrical check-outs of new construction units and units under test on a priority basis. Introduce new control system designs (prototype chillers) to the manufacturing group. Work with supply chain to continually monitor and address material obsolescence issues by acting quickly to propose alternate, cost effective options. Develop and maintain an excellent working relationships with our key suppliers.

Establish and maintain an excellent customer working relationship. Maintain the JCNS engineering teams “trusted advisor” status with all of our customers. Represent JCNS to customers at formal program review meetings, during weekly customer status meetings, and during unstructured events.

Initiate continuous improvement activities to create high quality and efficient processes. Implement new planning, execution and tracking methods to increase performance and process excellence. Increase the understanding and use of lessons learned.

Manage technical support to the JCNS field service organizations to address issues in the fleet and in shipyards on a priority basis.
REQUIREMENTS:


Detailed technical knowledge of microprocessor based control system and programmable logic controller hardware designs, preferably with military approved systems. Experience with control system coding and troubleshooting, preferably on different hardware platforms. Knowledge of information assurance (cyber security) is a plus. Experience with induction motors, permanent magnet motors, variable speed drives, magnetic bearing controllers and/or motor controllers is a plus. Experience in solving performance / operational issues to improve development efficiency encompassing cost, schedule, and technical elements of product development is a plus Leader with exceptional communication skills, good organization, and the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and motivate people to perform at high levels. Experience recruiting employees; assigning, directing, and evaluating their work; and overseeing the development and maintenance of staff competence is a plus Experience performing administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, , and actively engaging in personnel development and performance management. Prepare budgets, bids, and contracts, and work with the contracts team to positively influence the negotiation of research contracts. Willingness to work in a team oriented environment that empowers and inspires individual contributors to work to their full potential is mandatory. Experience with managing technical employees is required. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant work experience managing a team of technical employees. Willing to travel within the United States to resolve equipment operational problems onboard US Navy ships or to support first article testing by third party testing laboratories. Extent of travel is estimated at less than 5%. Eligible to obtain a Department of Defense security clearance. Willing to disclose the detailed personal history information necessary to apply for this clearance. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or other similar degree with ten (10) years of relevant work experience is desired. An Associates Engineering Degree with 15 years of relevant work experience will be considered.




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Division: JCFS (Johnson Controls Federal Systems)

Minimum qualifications:

+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

+ 3 years of experience in people management and leading a team of technical contributors.

+ Experience programming in one of the following: Java, C++, Python, or C.

+ Experience in system software design and development.

Preferred qualifications:

+ Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

+ 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).

+ 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

+ Experience developing accessible technologies.

The Privacy Sandbox initiative aims to create technologies that both protect people's privacy online and give companies and developers tools to build digital businesses. The Privacy Sandbox reduces cross-site and cross-app tracking while helping to keep online content and services free for all.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team across a number of projects critical to Google's needs. This team focuses on reducing passive fingerprinting (i.e., User-Agent Reduction, Accept-Language privacy, IP Privacy, etc.) and making existing Web APIs and primitives more private (i.e., cookies, storage partitioning, network state partitioning, etc.) without breaking the web or regressing performance.

You will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will support your team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Additional Information

(Colorado only*) Minimum full-time salary range between $168,000 - $181,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. *Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired into our offices in Colorado.

+ Lead a team of Software Engineers to design APIs, systems, and policies to prevent tracking on the web and on Android.

+ Develop and grow talent through hiring and mentoring engineers.

+ Partner and collaborate with related engineering teams, product management, and program management to launch high-quality solutions in a timely manner.

+ Drive technical projects and provide technical leadership to inspire team to innovate, design, and implement advanced capabilities to prevent tracking on the web and Android.

8+ years experience

Active TS/SCI and CI polygraph

CompTIA Security+ or similar for IAT Level II DoD 8570 certification

Strong Experience with Microsoft Endpoint Manager and it's management solutions; System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and/or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM)and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Experience and/or familiarity with Microsoft Endpoint Manager cloud-based services, such as Intune, Autopilot and Desktop Analytics

Experience with Microsoft deployment methodology options to include Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

Strong Experience with Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022

Experience with, and strong understanding of, Windows Active Directory

Experience with, and strong understanding of, Group Policy Configuration and Management

Experience with, and strong understanding of, Windows DNS and DHCP

Valued Skills:

• Experience with Microsoft Windows automation scripting with PowerShell or other scripting languages

• Experience with, and strong understanding of, Windows File and Storage Services, to include Distributed File System (DFS) Namespace and Replication management

• Experience with Microsoft Azure will be valued

• Experience building/managing servers in the AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure hosting environment will be valued

• Experience with managing work tasks via tools such as JIRA and ServiceNow

• System configuration based on security guidelines such as DISA STIGs

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

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