Maritime Chief Engineer

Company Overview We are a world-class team of professionals who deliver next generation technology and products in robotic and autonomous platforms, ground, soldier, and maritime systems in 50+ locations world-wide. Much of our work contributes to innovative research in the fields of sensor science, signal processing, data fusion, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and augmented reality (AR).QinetiQ US’s dedicated experts in defense, aerospace, security, and related fields all work together to explore new ways of protecting the American Warfighter, Security Forces, and Allies.

Being a part of QinetiQ US means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend.

Why Join QinetiQ US?

If you have the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges, then you will experience a unique working environment where innovative teams blend different perspectives, disciplines, and technologies to discover new ways of solving complex problems.  In our diverse and inclusive environment, you can be authentic, feel valued, be respected, and realize your full potential. QinetiQ US will support you with workplace flexibility, a commitment to the health and well-being of you and your family and provide opportunities to work with a purpose.

We are committed to supporting your success in both your professional and personal lives.

Position Overview The Maritime Cheif Engineer will serve as the ultimate technical authority for Maritime products and systems. If selected for the role, you will be responsible for system architecture, requirements, integration, compliance, and risk management. You will ensure the delivered system meets all customer, regulatory, cost, and schedule requirements.

Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience will be key in making sure the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.

Reporting to the Vice President of Maritime, this strategic leadership role ensures definition, allocation, and control of technical baselines that meet contractual requirements. The near-term priority is two major defense hardware programs at our Franklin, MA site, serving the U.S. Navy through a prime contractor partner, as they advance from low-rate initial production through production readiness into sustained rate delivery. You will be responsible for end-to-end technical leadership, ensuring that these complex, safety critical, and mission critical Maritime systems are architected, developed, integrated, tested, and delivered in compliance with stringent Navy requirements.

Responsibilities Technical Authority and System Architecture Act as the technical authority for the Maritime programs, guiding all aspects of system architecture, integration, and engineering oversight Lead system architecture evaluations, technology trade studies, and performance assessments to shape development paths and ensure mission alignment Ensure system designs meet or exceeds customer requirements and integrate all subsystems into a cohesive top level system Requirements Definition and Baseline Control Define and refine system requirements to align with government specifications and mission needs Maintain the technical baseline, ensuring all engineering…