Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA (no remote option)
Our Department: Trimble Military and Advanced Systems
What You Will Do We are seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering with disciplined organization, team motivation, and product development skills to lead the engineering team. In this position, you will manage a tight- knit team of talented engineers in a stable and supportive work environment, where you can quickly see the positive impact of your efforts. You will interact closely with software, hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test teams, supporting program management and production operations activities, to continue widening our performance advantage in leading-edge aviation GPS receivers.
The Director of Engineering is responsible for staffing, recruitment, retention, and training of the engineering teams. The Director assigns and prioritizes engineering personnel and resources to meet the conflicting needs of multiple programs, run by the program management organization. He or she ensures that program management has the support of SMEs to address customer field issues; support customer status meetings and technical exchanges; align customer needs with the TMAS product spec and ICD roadmap; align development proposals with the strategic product vision; and execute engineering development programs. The TMAS products are complex printed circuit board-level embedded systems comprising embedded software, digital circuits, RF, analog, and mechanical subsystems.
Recruit, train, organize, and retain the engineering development teams
Define and streamline the ISO-compliant Product Development Process
Software and hardware design assurance processes
Configuration control and record management
Manage processes supporting transition to production and sustainment throughout product lifecycle
Define and manage engineering equipment, software, and outsourcing resource needs
Support Program Management generation of quotes for engineering product development and NRE efforts, addressing basis of estimate, resourcing, and scheduling constraints
What Skills & Experience You Should Bring BS (MS preferred) in EE, CS, or equivalent with 7 years' experience managing and leading cross-functional teams developing complex printed circuit board-level products (software, digital circuits, RF, analog, mechanical).
5 years managing production lifecycle support: product configuration control, NPI, transition to production, production acceptance test development and support, sustaining engineering.
Personnel management experience with responsibility for recruitment, retention, training, and organization.
Experience with formal, audited, development processes.
Demonstrated excellence in team building and communication of vision; effective written, presentation, and inter-personal communication skills with diverse audiences (engineering teams, customers, executives, partners, suppliers)
Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required. Applicants must clearly indicate citizenship and any previous DoD security clearance activity. About Trimble Military Advanced Systems (MAS) Trimble is the market leader in precision high-performance GPS aviation systems. Trimble Military & Advanced Systems (TMAS) develops advanced GPS solutions for the defense aerospace industry. TMAS products incorporate a common embedded 24-Channel GPS engine that is capable of simultaneously tracking all signals from all GPS satellites in view.
About Trimble Trimble is an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. Our solutions are used in over 140 countries and we have incredibly diverse lines of business. Our employees represent this diversity and can be found in over 30 countries, working closely with their colleagues around the world. Due to our geographic product and customer reach, there is plenty of room at Trimble for exceptional people to grow. Come position yourself with an innovative industry leader and position yourself for success.
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial, and transportation and logistics.
Trimble's Inclusiveness Commitment We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
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Hiring Range:201125
Your Title: Director of Engineering
Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA (no remote option)
Our Department: Trimble Military and Advanced Systems
What You Will Do We are seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering with disciplined organization, team motivation, and product development skills to lead the engineering team. In this position, you will manage a tight- knit team of talented engineers in a stable and supportive work environment, where you can quickly see the positive impact of your efforts. You will interact closely with software, hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test teams, supporting program management and production operations activities, to continue widening our performance advantage in leading-edge aviation GPS receivers.
The Director of Engineering is responsible for staffing, recruitment, retention, and training of the engineering teams. The Director assigns and prioritizes engineering personnel and resources to meet the conflicting needs of multiple programs, run by the program management organization. He or she ensures that program management has the support of SMEs to address customer field issues; support customer status meetings and technical exchanges; align customer needs with the TMAS product spec and ICD roadmap; align development proposals with the strategic product vision; and execute engineering development programs. The TMAS products are complex printed circuit board-level embedded systems comprising embedded software, digital circuits, RF, analog, and mechanical subsystems.
- Recruit, train, organize, and retain the engineering development teams
- Define and streamline the ISO-compliant Product Development Process
- Software and hardware design assurance processes
- Engineering implementation guidance
- Configuration control and record management
- Manage processes supporting transition to production and sustainment throughout product lifecycle
- Define and manage engineering equipment, software, and outsourcing resource needs
- Support Program Management generation of quotes for engineering product development and NRE efforts, addressing basis of estimate, resourcing, and scheduling constraints
What Skills & Experience You Should Bring- BS (MS preferred) in EE, CS, or equivalent with 7 years' experience managing and leading cross-functional teams developing complex printed circuit board-level products (software, digital circuits, RF, analog, mechanical).
- 5 years managing production lifecycle support: product configuration control, NPI, transition to production, production acceptance test development and support, sustaining engineering.
- Personnel management experience with responsibility for recruitment, retention, training, and organization.
- Experience with formal, audited, development processes.
- Demonstrated excellence in team building and communication of vision; effective written, presentation, and inter-personal communication skills with diverse audiences (engineering teams, customers, executives, partners, suppliers)
- Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required. Applicants must clearly indicate citizenship and any previous DoD security clearance activity.
About Trimble Military Advanced Systems (MAS) Trimble is the market leader in precision high-performance GPS aviation systems. Trimble Military & Advanced Systems (TMAS) develops advanced GPS solutions for the defense aerospace industry. TMAS products incorporate a common embedded 24-Channel GPS engine that is capable of simultaneously tracking all signals from all GPS satellites in view.
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