Synapse Hiring
Electrical Engineering Manager (San Francisco)
Synapse Product Development is seeking one extraordinary Electrical
Engineering leader for integration with our elite design team in San
Francisco, CA.
This is a unique opportunity to be a foundational member of a
developing engineering team in our new San Francisco office. The
Electrical Engineering Manager for San Francisco will also be a
strong technical contributor, providing individual technical
contributions to projects in addition to providing technical and
administrative oversight to the Electrical Engineering team. This
position also involves active participation in recruiting and growing
the San Francisco EE team collaboratively with Director of Electrical
Engineering and other Engineering Managers to ensure the proper
skills and talents are available for executing projects. The
Electrical Engineering Manager will be responsible for team morale,
training, providing proper development opportunities to grow skill
sets, managing performance and conducting performance
evaluations. In addition, he or she will share the responsibility of
creating, defining, and introducing best practices and development
processes for the entire Electrical Engineering Department. The
position reports to the Director of Electrical Engineering in
Synapse's Seattle office who makes periodic trips to the San Francisco office.
What you'll do:
Communicate and collaborate proactively with all stakeholders
Oversee the engagement of team members and their contributions to projects
Recruit top Electrical Engineering talent to build the strongest possible team
Support Business Development team in new project scoping and client interaction
Provide quality oversight in technical design reviews
Performance management and evaluations incorporating cross-functional
feedback for team members
Contribute technically to program deliverables through reviews and
individual contributions
Qualified applicants will have:
BS or advanced degree in electrical or computer engineering, or
equivalent combination of experience and education
8+ years of product design and engineering experience (concept to
production) including design for test and manufacturing
8+ years of circuit design experience with significant emphasis on
mixed signal and embedded system hardware design
Solid technical management experience with at least 2+ years leading
product development teams
Demonstrated experience, ability, and willingness to serve as a
player/coach providing technical leadership for a small team of
engineers developing electronic hardware
Experience with highly-concurrent, collaborative, multi-disciplinary programs
High degree of comfort with ambiguity in early phase investigative projects
Ability to rapidly decipher and prioritize amongst contending
specifications, constraints, and requirements
Experience managing PCB layouts, preferably in Allegro
Experience interfacing directly with clients as both a technical
contributor and project manager
Gregarious outgoing personality with a strong desire to provide
mentorship within the organization
Strong communication skills and a desire to work in small and large
multidisciplinary teams
Great analytical and organizational skills, coupled with a
well-focused attention to details; ability and commitment to produce
only the best product possible
Implacable ability to tell a good impromptu joke (or) demonstrate
authority over any sizeable secret robot army
Applications
To apply, please follow the link:
https://synapseseattle.wufoo.com/forms/synapse-application-electrical-engineer-manager/
Company Background
Synapse Product Development is headquartered in downtown Seattle, WA
with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Our mechanical,
electrical and software engineers supply essential project management
and innovative product design services to a broad range of clients
from garage inventors to Fortune 500 companies. At Synapse, we thrive
on solving our clients' most challenging problems.
Synapse offers competitive salaries and benefits and a spacious
office in the convenient SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco.
Synapse Product Development
Decatur Building, Suite 400
1511 Sixth Avenue 4th floor
Seattle, WA 98101
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Received on 2011-10-27 17:06:40