Engineering Manager - Analysis

Quick Facts

• Immediate need for a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead structural, shock, and acoustic analysis.
• Functional management of 8–12 analysis engineers plus hands-on technical leadership and ownership of the most complex analyses.
• Owns analysis methodology, modeling standards, validation practices, peer review protocols, and analysis toolchain health.

Description

This highly-visible leadership position has two primary responsibilities: (1) functional management and technical leadership of a team of 8–12 analysis engineers, and (2) personally execute and technically own the most complex analyses on highest-risk programs as final technical authority for analysis-based qualification—bridging engineering, other functions, and senior management.

In the functional manager role, you manage analysis resources across many active development programs. You baseline expectations, perform performance evaluations, provide feedback and career development, assess resource/skill gaps, and support hiring recommendations. You own the health of the analysis toolchain and methods portfolio, including modeling standards, peer review protocols, model validation practices, recommendations on software license planning, and compute/HPC capacity. You monitor and manage team performance through development and evaluation of metrics reported to senior management, and drive engineering efficiencies through continuous improvement and automation of repetitive analysis workflows.

In the technical leader role, you estimate, plan, and drive analysis scope for U.S. military and customized commercial projects (< $2M–$150M+). You organize, lead, and mentor analysts, define analysis approach per program, and personally contribute on the most demanding problems, including finite element modeling and simulation for static and dynamic structural loading, shipboard shock (DDAM and transient/explicit methods), vibration, fatigue, and structureborne/airborne noise and acoustic signature performance of large rotating electric machines, turbines, and power conversion equipment. You defend analysis results and qualification-by-analysis arguments to customers and independent review authorities, correlate models to test data, and document and present findings to technical and non-technical audiences, with regular supplier, test facility, and customer interaction.

Ideal candidate: hands-on analyst who has built, run, and defended complex finite element models for naval or comparably regulated applications and later led other engineers. Ability to set a technical vision for an analysis organization and influence adoption is key.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage resource allocations for a team of 8–12 structural, shock, and acoustic analysis engineers
• Interview and hire staff; build and execute a development plan to grow junior analysts into independent technical owners
• Conduct annual reviews; provide feedback, training, and career guidance
• Serve as senior technical authority for analysis methodology, modeling standards, mesh and boundary condition practice, material models, acceptance criteria, and independent peer review
• Personally execute the most complex and highest-risk analyses
• Plan and drive detailed analysis work scope to required quality, schedule, and budget
• Own analysis-based qualification strategy (qualified by analysis, test, or similarity) and defend it to customers and independent review authorities
• Direct correlation of finite element models to modal survey, vibration, shock, and acoustic test data; drive model validation and uncertainty quantification practices
• Partner with design engineering early to influence structural and acoustic design decisions
• Ensure compliance to AS9100 New Product Development processes
• Initiate and lead continuous improvement, including automation of recurring analysis workflows, reusable model templates, and integration of analysis into the digital engineering/model-based environment
• Represent DRS in front of customers (U.S. Navy, NAVSEA technical warrant holders, shipbuilder engineering organizations)
• Communicate technical and programmatic information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with other departments, locations, test facilities, and suppliers to solve problems and develop cost-effective, high-quality solutions

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science from a 4-year accredited college/university in Mechanical, Aerospace, Structural, Ocean/Naval, Engineering Mechanics or similar
• 10+ years progressive experience performing structural and/or dynamic finite element analysis on complex hardware
• Hands-on proficiency with commercial FEA tools (e.g., ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran/Femap, LS-DYNA, or equivalent), including model construction, solution setup, convergence assessment, and results interpretation
• Dynamic analysis methods experience: modal, harmonic, random vibration, transient/explicit dynamics, and/or shock response
• Experience driving analysis from initial concept assessment through qualification of fielded systems
• Experience correlating analytical models against physical test data and adjudicating differences between prediction and measurement
• Experience with system-level thinking and system engineering principles/methods
• Strong ownership and accountability; willingness to sign off on and defend analysis conclusions
• U.S. citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters of Science in Mechanical, Structural, Engineering Mechanics, Acoustics or similar
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing a team of individual contributors
• Direct U.S. Navy shock qualification experience including MIL-DTL-901 and DDAM per NRL-1396
• Experience with shipboard vibration and noise specifications such as MIL-STD-167-1 and MIL-STD-740-1/-2; acoustic signature/quieting requirements
• Experience with structureborne/airborne noise prediction, transfer path analysis, statistical energy analysis (SEA), and vibration isolation/mount system design
• Experience with rotordynamics, bearing and shaft line dynamics, or electromagnetic-to-structural force coupling
• Experience with fatigue, fracture, weldment, durability assessment of large fabricated structures
• Experience with electric machines, motor/drive systems, electro-mechanical systems, and power machinery
• Experience executing projects for the U.S. military or foreign navies
• Scripting/automation (Python, APDL, MATLAB) and managing HPC/compute resources for large simulation workloads
• Active security clearance

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Employer matching 401(k)
• Paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick leave (including state-mandated paid sick leave)
• Parental leave benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development support
• Life and disability insurance coverage
• (Also noted) competitive salaries, employer contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, legal insurance, 401(k) savings plan
• Wellness programs
• Career-growth and professional development programs
• Flexible work schedules with 9/80 program
• Health/emergency leave
• Paid parental leave
• Community service hours
• Some employees may be eligible for limited benefits only