Engineering Associate Vice President, Business Group Chief Engineer

Worker Type Regular Job Description Summary

As Vice-President level, the Precision Strike and Defense Systems (PSDS) Business Group Chief Engineer (BGCE) is the overall technical authority for the PSDS Business Group. The BGCE is accountable for all technical aspects of the products and leads a team of engineers to ideate, conceptualize, develop, launch, and sustain products throughout the total product lifecycle. The BGCE works with Customers and Product Line Managers to develop concepts of operations which feed into product roadmaps to meet business objectives.

The BGCE chairs technical review boards and drives technical requirements for any failure analysis and root cause corrective action activities. The BGCE also serves as functional leader to a small and distinguished group of Product Line Chief Engineers (PLCE).

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering discipline (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 15 years of demonstrated experience in aerospace product design and sustainment
• Experience with Defense products and customers
• Experience with leading UAS technical teams through the product lifecycle
• Experience with drawings and BOMs;
  Engineering Change systems;
  Quality systems for non-conforming parts and corrective action
• Experience in an Agile and Waterfall development environment
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
• Experience with integrating new capabilities onto UAS platforms, requiring flow-down of requirements to lower-level systems
• Experience project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations
• Exceptional leadership and management skills, with the ability to develop and communicate a vision that inspires and motivates staff and aligns with the business strategy
• Ability to build strong relationships within all disciplines within organization
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment in which resources may not be under your direct control
• Experience with product manufacturing and product configuration processes
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment
• Project Management Experience
• Experienced and proficient with MS Office applications and other office productivity tools

• Education / experience or aircraft subsystems in R&D environment is preferred
• Follows standard practices and procedures when analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Completes assigned tasks within schedule and budget
• Shares ideas and experiences with others, solicits feedback and asks relevant questions
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Team Player - Focuses on teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
• Inspires, motivates, and empowers people to deliver organizational goals, while also delivering value back to employees

Direct technical expertise in any of the following areas:

• Group 1, 2 or 3 UAS Avionics, sensors, and RF-based data links
• Radio frequency spectrum and modern communication systems
• SIGINT technologies and sensors, including EO/IR optics
• GPS navigation systems including DGPS, SAASM and M-Code
• Aviation propulsion systems, including internal combustion and electric motors
• OCONUS military operations

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment
• Required to sit and stand for long periods (Frequent)
• Required to talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)
• Travel required to domestic US sites – up to 50%

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance
• Occasionally may be required to travel outside the Continental U.S.
• Clearance Level Top Secret

The salary range for this role is: $224,500 - $359,000

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