Must have Aviation experience (AS90100D)

The position of Manufacturing Program Director (MPD) encompasses the responsibility to ensure on-time production & delivery of latest aviation transponder, The MPD will ensure all cross-functional personnel are appropriate trained, processes and documentation are in place for production, and subcomponent materials are on-hand to delivery for airline customers.

| Duties/Responsibilities

Ensure all technical, cost and schedule objectives are aligned with program goals

Oversee Bill of Material for all deliverables for electronic design, mechanical assemblies, and overall system to ensure assembly production is aligned to support forecast timelines

Manage circuit board test system readiness, ensuring all test parameters and system configurations are available to support PCB throughput

Coordinate Sales, Engineering, Quality, Shipping and Production data to enable production availability forecasts based on resource availability

Strategically prioritize component procurements to balance minimal inventory while eliminating production stoppages.

Oversee the procurement of all deliverable artifacts associated with ELT-DT. These include, but are not limited to: cabling, maintenance computing resources, and antennas.

As applicable, identify Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) to ensure changes of design elements are delivered to meet production needs.

Ensure all software programming tools are able to program ELTs and that new profiles are uploaded appropriately

Coordinate with Sustainment and Manufacturing Engineering team to balance production requirements with all other sustainment production items ·

Review and develop work instructions, as appropriate, to ensure processes are aligned with production needs.

Manages supplier quality defects, assembly non-conformances; identifies workarounds to supply strict delivery timelines

As required, takes personal accountability in delivering in whatever function requires delivery support (Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Shipping).

| Required skills/abilities

Able to interpret sales forecast data into supply chain demands, while balancing cost and lead time decisions

Able to evaluate engineering processes that align with production demands in embedded system electronics environment

Able to adhere to aviation quality standards that support AS9100D certification standards.

Able to coordinate complex production requirements between engineering, production, shipping, quality, and supply chain

Effective and frequent written and oral communication to technical team

Able to assess electronic printed circuit board (PCB) bill of materials (BOMs) for accuracy and compliance

Balance workloads between various production functions

Unwilling to accept ‘No’ for an answer for ability to deliver production commitments to customers

Exhibits exceptional judgement in identifying potential risk areas and identifies solutions to focus on delivery expectations

| Knowledge, Education, and Experience

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Field (Mechanical or Electrical preferred)

Minimum 15 years working as a technical leader in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain or prior applicable experience

Previous experience delivering electronics assemblies for commercial aviation customers

Previous experience working in aviation businesses interfacing directly with customers in manufacturing environment