A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.
XTRM/SPRL Labs is a facility of the College of Engineering that serves clients who are faculty, government agencies (such as NASA and DoD), and commercial companies in the development of unique integrated systems and instrumentation that are often used in challenging environments (e.g. space, artic, above/on/below the water). The XTRM/SPRL Lab professional staff, with faculty and researchers, have built more than 45 space systems and instruments; instrumented numerous sounding rockets, balloons and aircraft; and developed ground-based instruments. For seven decades, this lab has been one of a handful of university centers able to conceive, design, construct, test, and operate space flight instruments, an "end-to-end" operation.
The Engineering Manager is an essential part of the management team, reporting to the Managing Director who is accountable for the operation of the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL). The Engineering Manager provides a process and resource focus to assist in developing technical talent, assisting project managers with allocating resources to
and from research projects, and improving research hardware and software development processes. As part of the SPRL management team, the Engineering Manager will work closely with Project, QA, Engineering, Fabrication, and Administration.
Personnel Management: Develop staffing plans with project managers identifying the number and type of engineering and technical personnel required for the duration of projects. Schedule and provide work assignments for engineering and technical staff in cooperation with Chief Engineers and the Managing Director. Provide functional supervision of engineering and technical personnel as needed especially helping move critical projects through deadlines. Provide performance evaluations, reviews, reclassification, and promotion recommendations for early career engineering staff.
Process Management
