Woodward, Inc.

Software Engineer

• Drive Continuous Improvement: Implement and support systemic and process improvements to enhance product development velocity, ensure robust design culture, and pursue better ways of working through learning.
• Go and See Leadership: Actively engage with teams by showing up where the work happens, listening deeply, and understanding team needs to provide effective support.
• Coach and Mentor Staff: Build trust, empower team members, and provide feedback to grow individuals to their full potential while maintaining a highly skilled and adaptable team.
• Develop and Maintain Design Standards: Create, maintain, and improve design standards to ensure high-quality, compliant products.
• Budget and Resource Management: Develop and manage budgets to align with profit planning activities, assign resources effectively to meet business needs.

Manager, Engineering – Electromechanical Actuation

Engineer

• Conduct Software Verification: Cooperates in creating test methodologies and running tests, ensuring quality standards and timely delivery to meet project schedules.
• Collaborate with Cross Functional Teams: Works closely with product, QA, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment of software projects with business objectives.
• Resolve Technical Issues: Identifies, analyzes, and addresses moderately complex technical problems, utilizing technical expertise and available resources to implement effective solutions.
• Mentor Junior Engineers: Provides informal guidance and support to new team members, fostering a collaborative environment and enhancing team capabilities.

Software Verification Engineer

• Level 1: Focuses primarily on basic tasks such as assembling components, conducting routine quality inspections, and maintaining equipment.
• Operates within established procedures and guidelines, requiring minimal technical expertise.
• Primarily supports manufacturing processes and adheres to instructions from senior team members.
• Documents production data using existing systems without significant analytical input.
• Level 2: Handles more advanced technical assignments using current manufacturing technologies.
• Troubleshoots and resolves moderately complex manufacturing issues, requiring deeper analytical skills.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to enhance processes and operations, extending beyond routine tasks.
• Provides informal mentorship to junior team members, contributing to skill development within the team.
• Maintains quality standards while actively contributing to overall team goals, demonstrating ownership and accountability.

Manufacturing Engineer I/II

Analyst

• Independently elicit, analyze, and document business requirements; Evaluate enhancement vs. new solution options; Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope.
• Coordinate and execute system testing, integration testing, and UAT to ensure the system meets business needs and traceability.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions; Configure SAP modules to meet business requirements, including cross-module integration; Ensure alignment with organizational standards and promote reuse of existing capabilities.
• Act as a liaison between business and IT; Lead training sessions and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Identify and resolve complex platform-related issues, providing timely support to users; Manage enhancements and bug fixes; Collaborate with developers to ensure quality and adherence to standards; Own small-to-medium development efforts; Mentor other team members as needed.

SAP PM/EAM MRO Analyst

IT Support

• Inspire and Lead High-Performing Teams: Cultivate a culture of trust, collaboration, and accountability by mentoring team members, setting clear goals, and fostering professional growth across diverse technical and business functions;
• Drive Clear and Effective Communication: Act as a central communication hub between technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership—translating complex technical concepts into actionable business insights and aligning priorities across the organization;
• Champion Strategic Alignment: Lead the identification and implementation of business system (e.g. SAP, Windchill, Workday, etc.) improvements that support organizational goals, ensuring initiatives are well-communicated, strategically prioritized, and effectively executed.
• Project Management: Adept at leading and managing system-related (e.g. SAP, Windchill, Workday, etc.) projects, from planning through execution, ensuring projects meet objectives on time and within budget ; Oversee large-scale implementation projects, including new modules, upgrades, and integrations with other enterprise systems. ; Develop project plans, allocate resources effectively, and coordinate with internal and external teams and stakeholders.
• Vendor Relationship Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external vendors and consultants; Manage relationships with software vendors, ensuring optimal service delivery and adherence to contracts. Negotiate contracts and oversee vendor performance metrics to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.

Senior IT Manager, Business Systems – ERP FICO

Business Analyst

• Provide customer support via phone, email, and chat
• Resolve customer inquiries and technical issues
• Maintain accurate customer records in CRM system
• Collaborate with internal teams to escalate complex issues

Business Analyst II – PMO/OCM

Data Engineer

• Own the enterprise data architecture roadmap managed by Woodward's IT Data Warehousing team.
• Set architectural vision and standards.
• Lead complex, high-risk projects end-to-end.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for data strategy across Woodward's enterprise data platforms.
• Partner with IT and business leaders to align data platform investments with organizational goals.
• Ensure the Data Warehousing team is delivering data solutions that meet the needs of downstream users.
• Design future-state data architectures, considering industry trends, M&A scenarios, available tools, and the long-term impacts of technology decisions.
• Keep pace with new technology and changes in the ecosystem of tools used by the Data Warehousing team.
• Assess add-ins, tools, new features, and AI implications.
• Lead the implementation of and migration to new data platforms as required.
• Own high-level integration patterns and map how systems relate across the data landscape (ERPs, other sources, analytical tools, etc.).
• Define and enforce S/4HANA-related architecture and standards.
• Triage new data requests, identifying where data lives and whether the requested data is accessible, and define how it will be provided to business users.
• Translate business needs into high-level data requirements, producing "pseudo-technical" requirements for Data Engineers to execute on.
• Provide project management and leadership for large initiatives within the Data Warehousing team and broader business, including resource allocation, planning, and delivery oversight.
• Own stakeholder communication and engagement for both technical and non-technical audiences in the business and IT.
• Advise leadership on long-term architectural risks and opportunities.
• Mentor other members of the Data Warehousing team, contributing to the overall growth and upskilling of the team.

Senior Data Architect

• Oversee production support across multiple lines, standardizing troubleshooting procedures and implementing system-level improvements.
• Manage hardware disposition processes to minimize waste and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Manage multiple manufacturing processes, focusing on creating and maintaining scalable workflows that optimize efficiency across a value stream.
• Ensure processes remain adaptable to production changes and customer demands.
• Oversee process capability programs across multiple lines, using advanced analytics and simulation tools to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Manage production documentation for multiple lines, ensuring consistency, compliance, and accessibility.
• Fully integrate digital documentation systems to support collaboration across teams and improve efficiency.
• Oversee cross-functional manufacturing projects within a value stream, oversee complex timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

Staff/Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer

Project Manager

• Lead projects and mentor Project Coordinators.
• Accountable for project results, artifacts (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, etc.), and governance.
• Conduct project meetings and reviews.
• Ensure project gates and deliverables are met.
• Engage stakeholders and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks throughout the project.
• Analyze complex situations and make informed decisions with support.

Asset Services Project Manager

Compliance

• Regulatory Monitoring and Interpretation: Continuously monitor and interpret relevant and emerging laws, regulations, and industry standards to ensure organizational compliance.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop, update, and implement compliance policies and procedures to address regulatory requirements and mitigate risks.
• Compliance Training and Education: Design and deliver training programs to educate employees on compliance standards and promote a culture of adherence throughout the organization.
• Auditing and Reporting: Conduct regular compliance audits, prepare detailed reports on findings, and recommend corrective actions to management.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential compliance risks through thorough assessments and develop strategies to effectively mitigate those risks.
• Support Global Trade Compliance initiatives: Support Woodward's Segment Support Operations team with a variety of strategic projects designed to promote compliance and process maturation.

Senior Global Trade Compliance Specialist

Procurement

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute sourcing strategies effectively.
• Assess potential suppliers based on quality and delivery standards.
• Negotiate contract terms to secure favorable agreements with suppliers.
• Analyze procurement risks and work towards mitigating them while ensuring quality of materials.
• Monitor spending patterns and adjust sourcing strategies accordingly.

Sourcing Manager

Operations

• Provide direct support to front line team members in meeting their daily production targets
• Allocate and coordinate resources effectively to meet operational objectives
• Conduct performance evaluations, provide feedback, and manage member development
• Identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational issues
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency

Operations Supervisor – 2nd Shift

• Monitor established data pipelines and scheduled jobs; build and validate basic ETL/ELT operations and simple data models.
• Become familiar with SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise source systems, assist analysts by locating fields, explaining basic table relationships, and answering questions about various business attributes.
• Support analysts and data scientists by gathering basic requirements; triage tickets and resolve routine incidents using the IT ticketing system.
• Provide support for Power BI, Fabric, and Business Objects users; troubleshoot common report issues and escalate complex problems.
• Perform routine platform administration tasks for on-prem servers and web/application stacks.
• Apply updates, monitor services, and escalate incidents.
• Follow defined processes to provision and revoke user access across cloud and on-prem platforms.
• Contribute to documentation efforts, simple architecture notes and process steps.

IT Data Engineer

• Lead strategic planning for all engineering-related IT systems, including PLM, CAD, and Simulation platforms.
• Work directly with Engineering leadership to establish consensus around tool selections and direction.
• Drive consistent engineering tool usage across the enterprise to foster standard methods and data reuse.
• Establish roadmaps for future Engineering tool directions to support Model Based Enterprise (MBE), Model Based Definition (MBD), Manufacturing Process Planning, and others to ensure seamless data flow across the enterprise including Quality and Manufacturing.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, enforce compliance, manage incidents, and ensure high availability and reliability of engineering IT services.
• Provide oversight in the deployment, integration, and maintenance of engineering software and simulation tools, ensuring robust and secure IT operations across platforms.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and translate business needs into actionable initiatives.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, allocate resources effectively, and coordinate with internal and external teams and stakeholders.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external vendors and consultants.

Manager, Engineering IT Systems

Accounting Manager

• Responsible for the proper application of revenue recognition methods for the various contractual obligations of the organization
• Responsible for ensuring that the organization complies with all financial regulations and laws
• Responsible for managing a team of accountants and ensuring that all accounting processes are completed accurately and in a timely manner
• Responsible for analyzing financial data to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations for changes to improve the financial performance of the organization
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation and analysis of financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
• Responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships with external and internal stakeholders, including auditors, vendors, and other financial professionals