Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager at our Burbank, CA location.
About Crane:
Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You’ll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.
Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!
Job Summary:
Program Managers provide leadership and management of cross functional business, technical, and operations teams while assuming accountability for overall success of assigned product development programs. Program management responsibilities extend from customer proposal, to program inception, through the successful transition to production processing after completion of qualification testing / certification compliance and production readiness reviews. Program success is measured by customer satisfaction of the development process and technical solution, accomplishment of schedule milestones, and adherence to recurring and non-recurring cost targets.
Essential Functions:
Proposal Review Review and evaluate technical and business aspects of customer requests for proposals and / or change requests
Support and lead elements of customer bid packages and internal project appropriation requests including coordination and review of statement of work, technical proposal requirements compliance, engineering cost estimates, and program schedules
Program Planning Create, monitor, and update program plans in sufficient detail which define the required processes / activities of various functional groups to achieve customer defined milestones / deliverables within Crane process guidelines
IPT Leadership Lead, manage, and motivate Integrated Product Teams (IPT) through effective utilization of personnel assigned to the project from all functional groups within the company
Coordinate sufficient in-house product reviews with various functional groups to ensure product designs are manufacturable and meet cost targets while satisfying customer specifications
Develop and ensure adherence to standard processes and procedures throughout all phases of the program
Coordinate with supply chain and operations team members to facilitate the new product introduction process and ensure program hardware delivery requirements meet customer and program needs
Customer Coordination Establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers through frequent oral and written communication
Coordinate customer required technical and program progress reviews
Scope Management Proactively manage project scope to ensure only what was agreed to is delivered
Ensure changes in scope are thoroughly documented and approved through a standardized change management process
Cost Management Monitor and control program costs associated with non-recurring engineering activities during the Design and Development phases of the program
Maintain project team focus on the initial business model and design to cost targets related to recurring product cost
Schedule Management Develop and maintain a detailed resource loaded program schedule
Ensure all stakeholders understand the program schedule
Prioritize resources and tasks to drive key milestone adherence
Issue / Risk Management Identify, track, manage,…