Essential Functions and Responsibilities: - Propose hiring and termination of department employees; perform employee evaluations.
- Provides guidance to subordinate engineers to ensure technical compliance with project requirements.
- Develop and implement training programs for commissioning personnel to stay abreast of latest technical trends.
- Plans and delegate software engineering tasks to engineers and manages team within defined schedule and budget
- Provides guidance for troubleshooting of technical problems associated with electrostatic painting equipment.
- Meets directly with external customers via meetings, conference calls, etc.
- Plans and approves travel of engineers to customer sites.
- Approves timesheets and expense reports of engineers
- Supports project scheduling, assigns resources and assists with manpower loading reports
- Ensure all necessary base line and documentation requirements are met, filed correctly and conform to standard templates.
- Prepare project status reports and management summaries.
- Must be dependable and flexible for local and international travel to participate in meetings related to specific departments and projects
- Generates technical reports and testing for globally funded R&D projects.
- Travel approximately 50% including weekends and holidays.
Nonessential Functions:- Perform other related duties as assigned
Qualifications:Bachelor Degree in Electrical or Software Engineering or 5 years of equivalent experience in Software Engineering
- Five to ten years of experience with automotive paint application systems.
- Understanding of Quality systems, ie. ISO 9000, QS 9000, ISO 14001.
- Experience in automative robotic installation, preferably paint application.
- Proficient with software and controls for robotic and flexible automation systems (kinematics equations and Motion, Sensors, Measurement and Perception, Control, Programming)
- Proficient with pneumatics for robotic and paint circulations systems
- Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus
- Proficient with electronic scheduling
- Ability to understand and maintain project schedules
- Able to delegate tasks to department employees
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality as required
- Good Technical Acumen
- Good time management skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good verbal communication skills
- Good technical writing skills
- Able to effectively communicate with engineering and estimating departments, contractors, suppliers, and customers
- Able to work well independently and in a team environment
- Able to technically define problems and propose solutions
- Adaptable to change in a learning environment
- Willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays when necessary
Physical Demands: While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and use hands and arms. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision.
