Michael Harwood

About Michael Harwood

Effective leader with extensive experience and proven ability to lead, effectively train,…

Experience

1. Sr Manager, Engineering

   Collins Aerospace

   Apr 2018 — Present · Melbourne, FL, US

   Department Manager responsible for planning, organizing, and assigning responsibilities for engineers and technicians in the Test Engineering Directorate. Leads manufacturing test equipment projects for Communications and Navigation products. Ensures successful overall performance of assigned engineering resources including technical scope, cost, and schedule.• Manages individual contributing technical talent and responsible for an organization of engineers and technicians• Responsible for success of assigned/allocated tasks and projects• Responsible for tactical execution of day-to-day operations• Acquires, develops, & assigns technical resources to work assignments (workforce allocation)• Ensures compliance to development processes and standard work requirements. Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions• Actively addresses employee performance and development issues• Oversees and participates in development of engineering bids• Responsible for the development and technical coaching of staff. Provides guidance to direct reports and responsible for on-boarding and assimilation of new hires• Leads a team that develops test platforms (hardware and software) which support box-level and card-level testing including functional testing, environmental stress screen (ESS), and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS)• Manages a group responsible for supporting In-Circuit Test including development of new test programs on Takaya, HP, and Seica machines • Provides support for development and maintenance of Boundary Scan programming and testing

Education

• Arizona State University

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1996 — 1999

• University of Phoenix

  Master's, Business Administration

  2003 — 2005

• Suffolk County Community College

  Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Engineering Technology, General

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Project
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integration
• Project Engineering
• Activity Based Management
• Avionics
• Simulations
• Risk Management
• Manufacturing
• Earned Value Management
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Do-178b
• Ms Project
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Design
• Test Equipment
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering