Engineering Manager - EMS Design and Drafting

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay: $113,000.00 (minimum) - $147,000.00 (midpoint) - $181,000.00 (maximum)

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
  • 401(k) match (4.5%)
  • Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
  • Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays.
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

We are seeking a leader for the role of Engineering Manager - Design and Drafting with a focus on electro-mechanical product design in the Aerospace Industry. This role oversees the resources responsible for the design of our motors, sensors, actuation and pilot controls product lines and is based out of our world class Niles, IL facility. This facility is home to both our primary engineering development center and our primary manufacturing center for these precision aerospace products.

Key Responsibilities and Skills:

• Developing a highly effective staff including full-time, intern, and contract workers, to carry out design activity for new and existing products and technologies. This involves utilizing the talent management system, completing review process and salary planning, maintaining and executing a training matrix, and supporting staffing of the group to meet business demands and objectives
• Creating and improving design tools, drafting standards, and workflows within the confines of Woodward's Product Life Cycle (PLC) process that result in high quality products delivered on time. This also includes integration of evolving CAD software solutions.
• Promoting design best practices to maximize the value of our products. This includes design reviews, guiding dimensional analysis, and leveraging continuous improvement tools such as Design for Six Sigma and lean.
• Responsibility for design department budget including estimating and tracking team workload to assign resources as required to achieve business objectives
• Responsibility for the configuration management processes including the change review board process

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) required
• Master's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred
• Management Experience
• CAD system and Drafting Standards experience
• 6 to 8 years of Engineering experience in aerospace or closely related field

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).

Woodward is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.

The EMS Design and Engineering manager will report to the Engineering Services Director and be responsible for the EMS Design and Drafting team.