Engineering Manager - Motion Control
Company: Data Device
Location: Bohemia
Posted on: May 18, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
For more than 50 years, Data Device Corporation (DDC) has been
recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacture of
high-reliability Connectivity, Power, and Control solutions for the
Aerospace, Defense, and Space industries. Our dedication to
supplying quality products, on-time delivery, and superior support,
has contributed to the success of our customers and the critical
missions they serve.
To continue to meet our customer's mission critical needs, DDC is
seeking anEngineering Manager - Motion Controlto join our respected
and valued team.
Responsibilities
Primary/Essential Duties:
Providing leadership to the engineering teams responsible for the
design of high-reliability motion control products for aerospace,
defense, and industrial applications.
Responsible for leading and managing multi-functional teams for
developing new products and sustaining legacy products.
Manage multiple teams involved in analog, digital and mixed signal
designs, related to Motion Control, Motion Feedback,
Synchro/Resolver, ICs, and ASICs. Oversee all aspects of the
development process from conception to release including
requirements, design, implementation, verification, and
qualification.
Facilitate the design of complex products by leading and
coordinating engineering teams of varied technical disciplines
through clearly documented architectural level design documents.
Lead the decision and tradeoff process for issues that cross
hardware/software or other technical discipline boundaries.
Develop creative approaches that favorably optimize complex design
tradeoffs for various elements of a design such as product cost,
performance, feature set, time to market, and technical risk.
Understand the competitive market landscape for products being
developed through marketing inputs, review and analysis of
competitive products, and in some cases, customer interviews.
Implement innovative approaches and develop clearly written design
specifications that ensure DDC's products are designed to succeed
in the market relative to their technical performance, feature set,
cost and time to market goals.
Develop plans, schedules, and identify resources required to
develop products from market requirement through product release.
Identify risk areas and develop contingency plans to eliminate or
mitigate risk that could result in schedule delays or failure to
meet specification or design plan requirements.
Conceive methods for achieving product requirements and
specifications using appropriate circuit design, process,
manufacturing and mechanical techniques. Anticipate possible
difficulties and develop alternate methods.
Work with other departments as appropriate to lead vendor or
engineering outsource selection decisions based on uniform
technical performance, risk and cost tradeoffs for procurement and
design decisions on all products or services including major design
projects such as ASIC design.
Contribute technical input to proposals, as well as material and
labor cost estimates in support of winning tactical business
opportunities and proposals.
Mentor, coach, and train less senior engineers to facilitate their
ability to progress to higher levels of technical and professional
achievement.
Take the initiative to research, develop, propose, evaluate and/or
implement new methods, processes, techniques, tools, components, or
technology that improve quality, timeliness and/or performance of
DDC's products or the efficiency or cost effectiveness of DDC's
engineering work.
Do performance appraisals of assigned engineering staff in a way
that promotes overall performance growth of the department.
Conduct in-depth technical interviews and make assessments and
recommendations that support the hiring of capable and talented
technical staff in Engineering and other departments.
Secondary Duties:
Develop technical strategies coordinated with Marketing and/or
Sales in support of DDC's business goals.
Make technical presentations to customers that directly support the
winning of new business for DDC.
Participate in technical meetings with various standards setting
organizations to influence technical committee decisions in a way
that are coordinated with DDC's business strategies.
Visit and review suppliers' facilities and capabilities and make a
recommendation on their suitability for an identified DDC need.
Seek opportunities for DDC to improve their technology or process
capability through these audits.
Conduct field or outside lab tests and evaluations of customers use
and application of DDC's products. Analyze how customers use DDC
products and seek opportunities to make product improvements based
on field application information that could provide a marketable
advantage.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field of
studies is required. Graduate degree desirable.
Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in analog and digital
circuit design and mixed signal design, including analog to digital
conversion, processors, and I/O communications and discrete
I/Os.
Five (5) or more years of engineering management experience in
analog/digital/mixed signal designs
Experience in power electronics design, thermal analysis,
electrical stress analysis, worst case analysis, FMEA analysis,
tolerance analysis, aging analysis and EMI analysis.
Familiarity with MIL-STD-1275/704 and DO-160 DC and AC input power
specifications, familiarity with DC/DC converters.
Experience with Power devices Mosfet, IGBT, SiC and GaN.
Ability to debug and successfully resolve hardware/firmware issues
in new and existing products using tools such as Oscilloscope,
Analyzers, DMM, etc.
Experience with CAD tools such as LT-Spice, P-Spice, OrCAD, Mozaix,
Allegro and Pantheon are desirable
Familiarity with multiple communication protocols including CAN,
RS232/422/485, SPI, JTAG, PCI, PCIe, 1G/10G Ethernet.
Experienced in PWB layout techniques for determining current
density requirements and voltage breakdown requirements in power
distribution systems. Layout techniques for passing MIL-STD-461 and
DO-160 EMI requirements.
Experience in space level radiation hardness, ionizing radiation,
single event upset and total dose analysis for component
selection
Experience with Motor control simulation including Matlab Simulink
or equivalent.
Control theory and Matrix mathematics including Z domain transform
for digital control.
Experience in A/D conversion and sensors, including LVDT, Resolvers
and Encoders.
Knowledge of Clark and Park transform theory
Experience with Siemens Mixed Signal Solution (Sedit, AFS,
Symphony, Ledit), Cadence Mixed Signal Solution (Virtuoso Schematic
and Layout Editor, Spectre Simulator), Behavioral Modeling with
Verilog, VerilogA and VerilogAMS
Experience with Circuits: ADC (SAR, Pipeline), DAC, Bandgap,
Oscillators, Opamps, Switched Capacitor Circuits, Power Management
(Buck, Boost, LDO, Charge Pump)
Deep understanding of CMOS device physics, device modeling, device
noise parameters, inductor modeling.
Direct tape-out experience with major foundries of front-end
circuits, amplifiers, PLL, VGA, filter, TIA, and/or other baseband
analog blocks.
Due to US export control laws, candidates must be US Citizens,
Permanent Residents or Green Card Holders
Job ID 2166
# of Openings 1
Job Location US-NY-Bohemia
Category Engineering
Keywords: Data Device, Stamford , Engineering Manager - Motion Control, Engineering , Bohemia, Connecticut
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