Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

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, arctic, above / on / below the water). The XTRM / SPRL Lab professional staff, with faculty and researchers, have built more than 30 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.

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In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include :

• Generous time off
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Maternity and Parental Leave

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Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile / remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment.

The Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) is a facility of the College of Engineering that serves clients who are faculty, government agencies such as NASA and Department of Defense (DoD), and commercial companies in the development of unique integrated systems and instrumentation that are often used in challenging environments (e.g. space, arctic, above / on / below the water).

The professional staff at SPRL, together with faculty and researchers, have built more than 30 space systems and instruments; instrumented numerous sounding rockets, balloons and aircraft; and developed ground-based instruments (placed in eight remote observatory sites in Michigan, Canada, Greenland, Chile and Antarctica) in the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL).

Engineers in SPRL participate in the full range of mission development : from requirements and specification development to design, fabrication, integration, test, and on-orbit operation of payloads and spacecraft.

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