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: $113,200.00 (minimum) - $141,500.00 (midpoint) - $169,800.00 (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

Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a Drafting and Design Engineering Manager, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Electro-Mechanical Systems (EMS) Drafting and Design Manager reports to the Engineering Director and oversees the activities of the drafting and design resources reporting up through Niles and Krakow EMS engineering sites covering products in our motors, sensors, actuation and pilot controls product lines. The role is based out of our world class Niles, IL facility which is home to both our primary engineering development center and our primary manufacturing center for these precision aerospace products.

What You Will Be Doing

• Maintains and improves a highly effective and well-skilled staff including full-time, intern, and contract workers, to carry out actions to complete planned objectives. 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
• Responsible for creating, maintaining and improving design tools, drafting standards, and workflows within the confines of Woodward's Product Life Cycle (PLC) process that result in high quality and compliant products. This also includes integration of evolving CAD software solutions.
• Implements and supports continuous improvement initiatives to improve product development velocity and cost efficiency to meet project and group goals
• Utilizes his or her group as well as the full extended enterprise to improve the customer-perceived value of products through the use of structure and best practice methods (risk analysis, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Lean, dimensional analysis, formal problem solving, DOE, Taguchi, etc.). Anticipates, identifies and resolves project risks
• Estimates, budgets, and tracks team workload to assign resources as required to achieve business objectives
• Develops budget to support profit planning activities and manages within the approved budget constraints

What We Are Looking For

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

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.