The Test Engineering Manager is responsible for leading engineering teams, managing projects, and ensuring technical excellence across areas of systems integration, testing, and design and delivery of custom test systems. This role provides technical leadership, manages resources, and drives continuous improvement while aligning engineering activities with business goals. We encourage you to apply if you have any of these skills or experiences:
Knowledge of torpedo deployment concepts, operations, and sustainment.
Experience applying advanced engineering technologies, principles, theories, and concepts.
Proficiency in the Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI), earned value management, and Cost Account Management (CAM).
Experience developing executable engineering project plans and technical proposals.
Experience identifying technical risks, developing mitigation plans, and managing risk profiles.
Duties and Tasks
Provides leadership in defining technology, tool and process strategy across a technical domain
Overall responsibility for the engineering aspects of a technical domain, to include the acquisition of critical resources
Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering efforts within area of responsibility
Capable of identifying project risks, assessing issues and developing resolutions that meet cost, schedule productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders
Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
Handles personnel issues within area of responsibility including merit planning, performance reviews and disciplinary actions
Participates in development of technical strategies and teaming strategies in technical domain
Participates in the proposal process, including the development of executable project plans on proposals
Ensures process compliance of all engineering activity in area of responsibility
Leads specific process improvement activities
Determines and implements the organizational training needs in accordance with the requirements of the technical domain
Ensures that domain engineers are active in developing risk mitigation plans and managing their risk profiles
Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors and employees
Communicates regularly with project customer, and suppliers, project team, and internal management
Regular contact with all other personnel in area of responsibility
Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals
Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies
Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
Expected to manage work, set objectives and meet commitments for self and others
Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong leadership skills
Existing knowledge of torpedo concepts of deployment, operations, and sustainment
Applies or develops highly advanced technologies, principles, theories and concepts
Strong written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams
Strong ability to think creatively
Strong ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks
Strong ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Strong ability to understand and apply project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM)
Strong experience in driving continuous improvement in Engineering process and tools
Works collaboratively with resources external to the functional or program team
Responsible for establishing and achieving operational objectives for a moderately complex function, program or program scope
Expected to integrate complex activities
Strong proficiency at all responsibilitiesassociated with the position
Strong ability to recruit, manage and retain people
Typically has strong experience in this area of expertise
Understands, evaluates and guides the focus of all activities in a technical domain
Recognized internally and externally as an expert in their field
Demonstrates consistently high ratings on People Commitments
Some travel may be required
Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Our Commitment to You
An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
Research-oriented work alongside award-winning teams developing practical solutions for our nations security.
Flexible schedules with every other Friday off, if desired (9/80 schedule).
Competitive benefits, including 401(k) matching, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health and wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more.
See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options
This position is fully on-site in Canonsburg PA and there may be someoptions to flex moving forward.
Salary Note
This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Combined Salary Range
USD $155,000.00 - USD $165,000.00 /Yr.
Company Overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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