Manager, Engineering Electronic Systems 

LOCATION: Westminster / Maryland (US-MD), United States | BRAND: Knorr Brake Company | REQUISITION ID: 7831 | JOB GRADE:18  | ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid 

Knorr Brake Company is the innovative leader in the manufacture and supply of braking systems, passenger doors and climate-control equipment for all types of Mass Transit customers such as: METRO, Light Rail Vehicles, High-Speed Trains, Commuter Rail and Monorail Vehicles for the North America market. We’re part of the Knorr-Bremse Group, the global leader in braking technologies. As part of our team, you’ll collaborate with a world of talented and dedicated colleagues whose sense of purpose complements your own. You’ll find rewarding opportunities, diverse experiences, partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. Innovation is part of our DNA. Achievement drives our culture. Learn more today at www.KnorrBrake.com!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Profile Summary

This leadership role involves managing a multidisciplinary engineering team, including software development, quality assurance, and electronics lab resources. Responsibilities include resource management, project planning, budgeting, and task execution using methodologies like the V-model for software development. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, proposal creation, customer management, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as IEEE-1558, CMMI, and IEC 62443.

The position emphasizes technical expertise in embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and tools like Jira and SAP/PPM, with additional familiarity in programming languages (e.g., C/C++) and hardware design principles. This role is suited for experienced managers who excel in building teams, delivering technical projects, and adhering to safety and quality standards.

Essential Functions

Staff management:

• Interviewing and hiring candidates
• Performing staff performance reviews
• Management of Software development resources
• Management of Software quality assurance resources
• Management of electronics lab technician resources
• Administration, creation and enforcement of company policy and procedure and ensure adherence to all Knorr development processes.
• Communication of company directives, business status/successes/issues.
• Performing close collaboration with cross-functional teams (marketing, engineering, and suppliers)
• Providing training and coaching for performance improvement.
• Managing PTO time across resources to ensure accurate support for tasks and schedules.
• Management and supervision of employees including training, coaching, mentoring, and evaluation.
  • Project task management
    • Scheduling, budgeting, planning and project management.
    • Managing resource allocation
    • Performing problem solving
    • Reviewing and approving technical documents and engineering drawings
  • Proposals
    • Performing specification compliance reviews
    • Reviewing and engineering System design for projects
    • Creation of scope of supply for project proposals
    • Estimations of tasks execution time for costing and scheduling
  • Scheduling
    • Utilize excel, MS project to schedule work across multiple resources, for example project timelines and team deliverables.
    • Reschedule based on changing priorities.
  • Customer management
    • Meet with and manage internal and external customer communications, expectation setting, and issue resolution.
  • Internal processes
    • Design, review and approve internal process for the department.
    • Ensuring departmental adherence to ISO9001, CMMI, IEEE-1558, IEC 62443 and other software and rail industry standards.
    • Supporting internal and external audits on projects and internal and external standards required.

Required skills.

• Familiar with the following:
  • Embedded system development
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Use of Standard Microsoft Office Suite for communication and documentation
  • Understanding of safety related concepts for safety rated systems (SIL)
  • Demonstrated team building and leadership skills.
• Preferred:
  • Some Knowledge of rail transit vehicles
  • Familiarity with:
    • Jira for project tracking and reporting
    • SAP/PPM
    • Embedded C/C++; ETAS-Ascet, CODESYS, C#
    • Some knowledge of electronics hardware and PCB design
• Required Experience:
  • 5-7+ years of directly relevant engineering experience; 2 years management experience
  • Hands on experience in V-model software development methodology
  • Hands on experience in managing and leading software product development teams
• Education:
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related Software System Management field required.
• Preferred:
  • 8+ years of directly relevant engineering experience and 3+ years management experience
  • Education: Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related Software System Management field.

What does Knorr Brake Company have to offer you?

- Competitive Health Benefits, including Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision and Virtual visits
- Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Company-paid Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Voluntary life, Disability and other Supplemental coverages
- Identity Theft and Legal Protection benefits
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Generous 401(k) plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Free corporate passes to the Baltimore Zoo and Aquarium
- Free gym membership
- Additional discounts include cellular, auto, theme park & attraction tickets, local restaurants, bank partnerships, etc.
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid “KBC Cares” Volunteer Time Off
- 12 company-paid holidays (includes full week between Christmas and New Year’s)
- Monthly employee welfare events and corporate outreach (Crab Feast, Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Chili Cook-Off, etc.)

Knorr Brake Company LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.