Standard Job Description
This role is the Engineering & Technology Chief Engineer for the Special Programs B1 Portfolio. The candidate will report to the Portfolio B Chief Engineer and be responsible for program execution of contract and IRAD activities and Mission Success for the portfolio. The candidate shall have a proven ability to lead technical efforts with a cross-functional team comprised of all Engineering disciplines. The candidate requires excellent leadership skills and demonstration of all the tenants of Full Spectrum Leadership. Candidate must possess experience and initiative to ensure technical leadership and support is provided for the development process. The candidate will interface with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program is appropriately staffed to successfully complete milestones. The candidate is expected to work closely with the LOB Chief Engineer staff to provide status of ongoing work and pursuits, and ensure synergy across tasks and successful transition of technologies and programs. The successful candidate will also be required to support technical reviews internally, with the customer and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations. The candidate will also work closely with Strategy and Business development to ensure alignment between SP investment and pursuits and the transition LOB.
What You Will Be Doing
- Providing technical leadership that enables the team to meet and demonstrate all milestones on schedule
- Developing a productive partnership and trusting relationship with USG customers
- Shaping strategy
- Guiding Engineering team, IPT leads and cross-functional teams in program planning, scheduling, trade studies, design concepts, verification, and critical life cycle reviews
- Ensuring program staffing is appropriate from an E&T perspective
- Collaborating with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program milestones are successfully completed
- Supporting and leading program technical reviews and participating in monthly E&T meetings, staff meetings, and other critical program activities
- Communicating lessons learned and ensuring synergy across tasks with the entire Chief Engineer staff
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership from proposal, development, and transition to production for critical technologies.
- Provide technical leadership for design and development efforts, from system architecture through design and qualification
- Develop and execute detailed program plans, schedules, and trade study analyses
- Lead or support customer briefings, weekly IPT status updates, Technical Interchange Meetings, Technical Readiness Reviews, and other critical program reviews
- Participate in Failure Review Boards, Risk Management, and Mission Success Reviews
- Support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations
Basic Qualifications
- Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience
- Experience in planning and leading technical solutions from proposal through all aspects of development. This includes SRR, PDR, CDR, Qualification, System Verification & Test, FCA and transition to production.
- Experience and demonstrated skillset with weapon systems design and development
