Chief Engineer (Everett, WA)
Thank you for your interest in Korry Electronics!
Our company culture is focused around ownership, transparency, process improvement and trust & respect. We are looking for talented people (like you!) to lead our business to the next level while giving you the opportunity to develop your own career.
We have been at the forefront of the aviation industry since the beginning, creating the first lighted cockpit controls for the military and commercial aircraft industry. The Korry product team continues this tradition as it develops the crew station of the future, providing state-of-the-art switches, cockpit controls, high-performance displays, and night-vision filters. We are passionate about what we do. For more information, please visit www.korry.com.
Join the Korry team and find out why this is such a great place to spend your career!
What You Will Do:
As a Chief Engineer, you will be a technical pillar for new product development programs, strategic product initiatives and a prime technical advisor. Your experience will be utilized to review technical proposals and communicate technical topics with company leadership, customers, and suppliers. You will be a participant in technical design reviews, and strategy discussions. You will support various activities including system analysis, functional analysis, interface definition, trade studies, and system testing strategies.
Primary Responsibilities:
Where We Work:
Our headquarters, a 216,000 square foot facility, is located in Everett, Washington. Everett is a great place to live and work; just 30 miles north of Seattle. This thriving community is an aerospace hub! The city, and nearby cities of Mukilteo and Snohomish, offer excellent public schools, fabulous parks, beaches, and safe streets. You can dip your toes in salt water and ski down a mountain all in the same day. Nature is truly right outside your door.
Benefits Package Details for Regular Full-time Employees:
Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
This position requires access to export control information. To conform to US Export Control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US Government.
Our company culture is focused around ownership, transparency, process improvement and trust & respect. We are looking for talented people (like you!) to lead our business to the next level while giving you the opportunity to develop your own career.
We have been at the forefront of the aviation industry since the beginning, creating the first lighted cockpit controls for the military and commercial aircraft industry. The Korry product team continues this tradition as it develops the crew station of the future, providing state-of-the-art switches, cockpit controls, high-performance displays, and night-vision filters. We are passionate about what we do. For more information, please visit www.korry.com.
Join the Korry team and find out why this is such a great place to spend your career!
What You Will Do:
As a Chief Engineer, you will be a technical pillar for new product development programs, strategic product initiatives and a prime technical advisor. Your experience will be utilized to review technical proposals and communicate technical topics with company leadership, customers, and suppliers. You will be a participant in technical design reviews, and strategy discussions. You will support various activities including system analysis, functional analysis, interface definition, trade studies, and system testing strategies.
Primary Responsibilities:
- The Chief Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving overall system architecture, primarily focusing on hardware with a complementary understanding of software.
- As a deeply technical and cross-functional leader, the Chief Engineer will lead critical design decisions, conduct trade studies, and translate customer requirements into actionable system and subsystem specifications.
- Moreover, the Chief Engineer will collaborate with customers, guiding the development of internal technical roadmaps to meet evolving customer needs and ensure Korry remains at the forefront of innovation.
- The Chief Engineer is responsible for supporting a team of system, hardware, and software engineers in the development of avionics products while also supporting the servicing of already fielded products.
- Significantly contributes to end-to-end product development, spanning all aspect of the product life cycle: from product concept inception strategy, requirements validation, product development, design, testing, certification, product delivery and to post-delivery support.
- Establish a culture of proactive cross-functional technical oversight, risk management and rapid issue resolution, providing alternative paths for issue resolution and open and honest dialogue on technical issues across all functions.
- Serve as technical authority on applicable Product and engineering boards.
- Lead and/or approves root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities.
- Reviews design changes and configuration control as well as creation, establishment and execution of design processes and standards
- Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partnering organizations for on-going and new business product development.
- Provides oversight over Engineering execution within the program, having decision authority over Engineering activities.
- Supports technical discussions at every level internally and externally.
- Validate overall budget and schedule for program Engineering tasks, working closely with the engineering discipline organizations to review program execution on a periodic basis to ensure meeting schedule and cost.
- Supports the creation of executable Estimates at Completion (EAC) for the program in collaboration with the responsible Engineering leaders.
- Oversee and manage engineering Risks and Opportunities across the programs, leveraging the enterprise to mitigate key risks and capture opportunities.
- Supports technical reviews engineering management of suppliers in accordance with subcontractor statement of work, requirements specifications, and engineering processes.
- Identify and exploit synergies across programs and across the Enterprise.
- Provides technical oversight of the status reports to Program and Engineering organizations.
- Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite; some travel will be required.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or a related engineering field or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of relevant experience in system engineering, hardware design, and technical leadership roles for avionics, or related products in the defense, commercial or related industries.
- Proven expertise in system architecture design, with a strong emphasis on combined hardware/software systems and systems integration.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive decisions on complex technical issues and system trades.
- Ability to perform system analysis to ensure subsystem specifications, when all tied together, meet product requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with SAE ARP4256, RTCA DO-178 and DO-254.
- Please note the typical hiring range is $160,000 - $220,000 annually. Job offers within the range are based on significant job qualifications and pay equity.
Where We Work:
Our headquarters, a 216,000 square foot facility, is located in Everett, Washington. Everett is a great place to live and work; just 30 miles north of Seattle. This thriving community is an aerospace hub! The city, and nearby cities of Mukilteo and Snohomish, offer excellent public schools, fabulous parks, beaches, and safe streets. You can dip your toes in salt water and ski down a mountain all in the same day. Nature is truly right outside your door.
Benefits Package Details for Regular Full-time Employees:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with generous company contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) matching
- 12 paid holidays (including a holiday shutdown week)
- Minimum of three weeks paid time off plus one week paid sick time to start
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Short term and long term disability
- Life insurance
- Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Long-term care plan options
- Prescription safety shoe & glasses benefit
- Vanpool subsidy
- Recognition awards
- Employee referral bonuses
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
This position requires access to export control information. To conform to US Export Control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US Government.
Korry Electronics is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, marital status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, childbirth, genetic information, or military and veteran status.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our application process as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department at 425-297-9700.
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Job Family: Engineering Services
This is a non-management position
This is a full time position
Pay Rate: $160,000 - $220,000