ENMM1_Mechanical_and_Thermal_Engineering_Manager_

Provide mechanical design and engineering management to allow the organization to accomplish its goals & objectives. Responsible to manage all mechanical design engineering of Batteries, and Battery systems, assist in equipment and tooling requirements as necessary in 3 different Industries, Rail, Aviation, and Telecom. All work has to be done in compliance with ISO 9000, APTA, NEC, AS9100D, IEC, IEEE, ASTM, and AWS. Manage and lead Valdosta mechanical engineering team for cells and batteries in Alkaline Engineering department. Familiarity with EN- European standards, Telecordia, and Aviation standards (DO160G, DO-293), OSHA, federal and state regulations is a plus. Design Ni-Cd cells for Railway, aviation and stationary application according to the request of Marketing. Lead a team of Mechanical engineers in research and development of batteries & battery systems. Coordinate with Cell electrochemical engineering team to design new cells, and batteries, and battery systems. Provide technical support and assistance to manufacturing, purchasing, and quality to resolve issues. Support qualification of new components, suppliers or process. Must be familiar with Windchill, and Creo. Support FAI battery box build, Interface with sales/marketing teams and customers to meet or exceed their system requirements with a competitive cost structure design by performing clause-by-clause reviews, and managing Project schedule and costs. Review and implement engineering changes while maintaining documentation and configuration management. Maintain QAD system for Product Engineering. Provide production support by disposition of NMRs and DRs. Assist in product FMECA.Support continuous improvement of engineering team process. Manage all the 2D/3D CreO drawings in a PLM software like Windchill. Missions Occurrence and KPILead- technical activities of mechanical team (battery design / component qualification)Develop- the new products and developments in line with the strategic plan and marketing Planning Project Contribute- in the site cost reduction plan Coordinate with purchasing to target a material cost reduction(Zhuhai, Bangalore, Bordeaux, Valdosta)Maintain- all CAD 2D/3D Creo drawings in a Windchill PLM tool. Motivate- Mechanical Engineering Team Weekly updates on Projects To ensure- defining the design rules to size the accumulators (batteries) and battery systems in a reliable and repeatable way. Continuously update the design rules Academic background: A minimum of Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Advanced Degree preferred, with atleast 10-15 years of Product design experience in the Aviation, or Rail markets. Must have atleast 5 years of experience leading and managing Mechanical Engineers in the design of batteries and battery systems.