Minneapolis, MN United States

-Develops plans for managing projects which will define the maintainability engineering products and analyses needed for successful project or program completion. -Manages a team of Maintainability Engineers per the developed plan to ensure activities meet cost, quality, schedule, and performance requirements. -Plans, schedules, conducts, and/or coordinates engineering work for several medium-sized projects and/or for a large-sized design/development project. -Acts as the site technical expert to mentor and train less senior technical personnel in all aspects of Maintainability Engineering. -Understands all aspects of Maintainability Engineering activities in order to drive efficiencies into the reparability of the system and reduce the downtime. -Recommends changes to designs based on the analysis performed where opportunities exist to improve the supportability and life cycle cost of the system. -Performs technical analysis, testing, calculations, and evaluation of results to solve complex engineering problems by creating or using computer programs, models, or simulations. -Prepares and presents project technical results, recommendations, and solutions to internal and external customers. -Develops and writes technical documentation, makes revisions to existing documentation, and provides input to technical papers or presentations. -Involves planning and execution oversight of varied, complex tasks and multiple concurrent assignments; plans are typically integrated based upon the inputs of lower level product teams. -Maintains up-to-date knowledge of relevant engineering discipline(s), industry practices, trends, and applications, providing subject matter expertise as a proven expert. - Champion for rigorous adherence, enforcement, and responsible tailoring of applicable processes and work flow context. - Responsible to promote engineering enterprise wide and/or cross organization of major new process development and introduction in complex domains and/or process areas. -Solutions require application of diverse knowledge of advanced engineering principles and practices across multiple engineering disciplines. -Interfaces cut across multiple engineering disciplines, multiple technical support functions, non-engineering functions, and external organizations at the Director and VP levels. -May collaborate with BAE program managers and customer program managers to establish scope and direction and/or resolve complex technically oriented program issues. -May require interaction with major development subcontractors in a technical oversight or technically directive capacity.

Skills
-B.S. degree in a relevant technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience plus 12 years relevant experience; or a M.S. degree and 10 years relevant experience; or a Ph.D. in a relevant technical discipline and 7 years relevant experience. -Ability to plan, execute, monitor, control and lead Maintainability Engineering projects through their life cycle analyzing cost, schedule, and performance. -Ability to lead less senior Maintainability Engineers and provide advice and direction during project execution. -Candidate must be a US Citizen.

Experience
-B.S. degree in a relevant technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience plus 12 years relevant experience; or a M.S. degree and 10 years relevant experience; or a Ph.D. in a relevant technical discipline and 7 years relevant experience. -Ability to plan, execute, monitor, control and lead Maintainability Engineering projects through their life cycle analyzing cost, schedule, and performance. -Ability to lead less senior Maintainability Engineers and provide advice and direction during project execution. -Candidate must be a US Citizen.

Education
-B.S. degree in a relevant technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience plus 12 years relevant experience; or a M.S. degree and 10 years relevant experience; or a Ph.D. in a relevant technical discipline and 7 years relevant experience. -Ability to plan, execute, monitor, control and lead Maintainability Engineering projects through their life cycle analyzing cost, schedule, and performance. -Ability to lead less senior Maintainability Engineers and provide advice and direction during project execution. -Candidate must be a US Citizen.

Additional
5542, 5544, 5545 Maintainability Engineers - same mgr- Please send above NTE candidates and/or San Jose candidates directly to cchen@acrocorp.com These are still onsite positions in either MPLS or SJ Skill sets will drive hiring. Since this is a temporary position verses a contract to hire scenario I am primarily interested in personnel with knowledge of and experience with SLICWave or Powerlog.