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Software Integration Section Supervisor
Jacobs Technology Group is a performance unit of the Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) Line of Business. The Jacobs CMS Technology Group specializes in the design, construction, and operation of unique and complex research and development facilities, including, as examples, wind tunnels (aerospace, automotive, and motorsports), rocket test stands, climatic chambers, jet engine test cells, acoustic chambers, altitude test facilities, captive trajectory systems, and nuclear facilities. Our projects span the automotive, motorsports, defense, nuclear, and aerospace markets. Recent clients include Audi, Boeing, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Honda, General Motors, NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy, Volkswagen, and many others in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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In this role you will be responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the allocated resources of a group of Software programmers and engineers. This position will provide you with an exciting opportunity to manage the overall software group, support large proposal efforts and actively seek out and lead smaller ones, develop and implement group work plans and priorities, determine personnel requirements and assignments, evaluate individual employee and group results, provide employee performance feed-back, and make personnel related decisions and recommendations. The software integration group currently includes approximately 20 talented professionals working on many unique and challenging projects including quick turn-around projects ranging from a few hours to large multi-year projects with over 10,000 labor hours. The software integration group typically works between 12 to 20 projects concurrently and up to three dozen projects each year.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Promote a culture of caring and safety both at work and away from work
- Marketing & business development efforts – actively sell work for your section
- Make employee work assignments and engage with staff to counsel, coach, and monitor progress
- Help staff validate the technical approach including checking teams work when necessary
- Track career growth path for employees
- Promotions/adjustments
- Voluntary training for professional growth
- Identify and groom future leaders
- Identify technical training needs and obtain funding
- Manage/balance workflow in section
- Mentor employees as needed – as well as assign mentoring role for senior/junior engineers
- Conduct 1-on-1 meetings with your employees (quarterly)
- Conduct annual performance reviews
- Administer employee disciplinary actions and/or terminations
- Review and approve employee timecards (weekly)
- Attend monthly staff meetings (Director and Branch level)
- Hold section staff meetings (monthly or as needed)
- Participate in long term planning for your section – including recruiting/hiring
- Coordinate Co-op & Summer Internship opportunities
- Attend project reviews for projects that include support from your section
- Help engineers plan their work in accordance with deliverables required, budget, and schedule Review/track Task Control Plans (monthly)
- Elicit feedback from customers and PM’s on individual and team performance and product quality
- Track/assign mandatory training for employees
- Coordinate IT support for section/branch specific tools
- Travel between Jacobs offices and client sites as needed
Here’s What You’ll Need:
MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, AND /OR SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Due to federal requirements for large portions of the assigned work a US Citizenship is required for this position.
- BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field.
- BS degree requires a minimum of eleven (11) years related experience. MS degree requires a minimum of nine (9) years related experience.
- Requires demonstrated leadership skills as evidenced by prior supervisory experience. Must be able to effectively communicate with others.
- Must be knowledgeable of the entire design process including marketing, planning, estimating, budgeting, execution, delivering, post design, and construction.
- Must be proficient in the use and knowledge of data acquisition system interface software in C# or LabVIEW for National Instruments products (i.e. PXI or cRIO) or similar equipment, software for communication networks including Ethernet, reflective memory, GPIB, USB, RS-232/485, etc
- Demonstrated leadership ability. Able to oversee a team of professionals working on multiple small and large projects concurrently.
- Must have strong time management and organization skills.
Essential Functions
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- Must be able to sit at a desk for long periods of time (90%)
- Must be able to work at a computer for long periods of time (90%)
- Occasional site visits and travel may require lifting, climbing, crawling in an outdoor environment (15%)
- Special clothing/equipment and other PPE may be required during site visits (15%)
Must be able to lift 50 lbs
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- Work will mainly be performed in an inside office environment (90%)
- Field work may be required including outside work (15%)
- Travel may be required to perform field work at project sites or to attend customer meetings (15%)
Office Environment
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- Office equipment/machines
- During travel to project sites handheld equipment such as tape measures, cameras, etc (10%)
Office equipment (Computers, fax, telephones, copiers etc.) 90 %
Criticality of Attendance
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- Regular attendance is mandatory Monday thru Thur 7:30 am to 5:15 pm & Fri 7:30 to 11:30 am (100%).
- Occasional overtime may be required to meet demanding project schedules (20%)
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Must take and pass a pre-employment drug and background test.
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