Senior Manager Project Engineering
Listed on 2026-09-04
-
Engineering
Operations Management
Protecting What Matters. Powering the Future of Naval Technology. Your work here has global impact. From developing sonar and radar systems to advancing unmanned and undersea platforms, our technologies empower the U.S. Navy and allied forces to operate in some of the world’s most complex environments. As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we continue to push boundaries—driven by innovation, accountability, and a shared commitment to excellence.
Join us as we shape the future of naval warfare—safeguarding the seas and strengthening navies worldwide.
Nationality Requirements Due to the nature of the programs we support, certain roles may require candidates to meet U.S. nationality requirements and be eligible to obtain a security clearance.
Position SummaryTurn complex engineering challenges into mission-ready solutions that deliver for our customers. Lead and inspire project engineering teams to tackle the toughest technical challenges, make confident decisions, and execute with discipline from proposal through delivery. Build the people, capabilities, and engineering strategies that enable us to deliver on time, on cost, and to the highest standards of quality and performance while continuously raising the bar for engineering excellence.
Your leadership ensures great engineering doesn’t stop at a great idea it becomes a solution our customers can count on.
- Lead project engineering execution:
Set direction and priorities for engineering teams supporting complex projects and programs, ensuring technical work is aligned with program commitments and business objectives. - Own technical delivery:
Provide engineering accountability from proposal through product development and delivery, ensuring solutions meet customer requirements for performance, quality, cost, and schedule. - Lead through complexity:
Serve as a senior escalation point for complex technical and engineering challenges, applying sound judgment, technical expertise, and innovative thinking to drive effective solutions. - Shape executable solutions:
Provide engineering leadership for bids and proposals, evaluating technical approaches, resource requirements, risks, and delivery commitments to ensure proposed solutions are achievable. - Anticipate and manage risk:
Identify technical, resource, and execution risks early and establish mitigation strategies that protect program outcomes. - Optimize engineering resources:
Develop plans that align people, technical expertise, and resources to the highest-priority work while balancing current program demands with future business needs. - Partner across the business:
Work closely with Program Management, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Business Development, and other functions to resolve issues, align priorities, and deliver successful customer outcomes. - Build engineering capability:
Develop engineers, technical leaders, managers, and emerging experts through coaching, mentorship, challenging assignments, and opportunities to expand their technical and leadership capabilities. - Build and strengthen the organization:
Establish talent and workforce strategies that support the long-term needs of the engineering organization, including hiring, succession planning, promotions, performance management, and organizational development. - Drive continuous improvement:
Identify and implement improvements to engineering processes, tools, and ways of working that increase execution efficiency, predictability, quality, and scalability. - Influence strategic decisions:
Provide senior leadership with clear technical insight, recommendations, and tradeoffs on engineering strategy, program execution, resource priorities, and other high-impact decisions.
Complex engineering programs have clear technical direction and consistently deliver against customer and business commitments. Engineering solutions are technically sound, executable, and aligned with cost, schedule, quality, and performance requirements. Technical and program risks are identified early and actively managed. Engineering resources are focused on the priorities that matter most to the business. The…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).