Remote Energy Storage and Power System IPT Lead

Summary

The ESPS IPT Lead at Wisk is a Director level position responsible for leading the design, integration, certification, and delivery of the Aircraft Battery Packs, Battery Management System, and Power Distribution throughout the aircraft. The role involves working closely with various interfacing teams, providing project-specific cross-functional leadership, and ensuring team objectives are achieved within scope, schedule, and budget allocation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other relevant STEM field
• 15+ years of experience in Aerospace engineering development and leadership with responsibility for scheduling and team/personnel management
• 5+ years of experience in leading a multi-functional, technically-oriented, Integrated Product Team
• Detailed knowledge of high and low voltage electrical power distribution topologies
• 5+ years of experience working with Aerospace technologies, products and services
• Strong engineering analytical and technical skills with demonstrated experience delivering integrated technical solutions
• Strong communicator and excellent soft skills to work across the whole organization
• Experience performing cost and schedule management
• Experience with risk, issues, and/or opportunity management
• Strong decision-making abilities
• Effective at managing wide range of tasks and rapidly changing priorities
• Knowledge of systems engineering and systems safety analyses and processes, including SAE ARP 4754A, Advisory Circular 23.1309-1E , SAE ARP 4761 as well as Part 25/29 certification requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead their IPT’s technical development efforts related to architecture, design, development, integration, validation, performance, certification and production
• Engage with other IPT Leads, Chief Engineers, Functional Managers, Program Office and Company Leadership to ensure successful program planning and execution
• Authority and accountability for their IPT’s technical scope in alignment with schedule and budget
• Support overall Program success by defining schedule inputs and changes into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), maintaining timely and effective change management of the schedule
• Monitor technical maturity and ensure that issues impacting progression are addressed immediately and corrective actions and recovery plans are implemented expeditiously
• Plan and coordinate activities to support formal validation and verification, including any test activities
• Implement and follow Risk management activities to manage program technical, schedule, and cost risk
• Coordinate the engineering review, approval, and release processes of all key deliverables
• Support multidisciplinary program reviews and presentations throughout the different phases of development, certification, and production readiness with internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, annual bonus, long term incentive, 401K
• Health benefits and much more