Deputy Chief Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Deputy Chief Engineer – Millennium Space Systems

Company:

Millennium Space Systems

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, delivers affordable, high‑performance space systems for exacting customers.

As the company’s Deputy Chief Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing space, ground, and network systems and technologies that perform cutting‑edge, high‑performance space missions. Our systems provide critical capabilities to national security and scientific missions. The function of the Deputy Chief Engineer is to augment the Chief Engineer by performing independent review of our designs as well as help guide technology development.

This could come via formal design reviews, engineering review boards, risk meetings, or informal meetings such as to help trade ideas and perform make/buy decisions.

The ideal candidate has significant experience in the development and production of space systems and has learned lessons from their usage on orbit. Such experience must be cross-disciplinary, including EMI, RF, electronics, GNC, structures, systems engineering, manufacturing, assembly, test and on‑orbit operations. Methods to perform value stream mapping, “lean out” processes, and improve the flow should be in the candidate’s toolbox.

The candidate must be able to coalesce information, distill it, and come to recommendations for technical solutions, while balancing reasonable cost and schedule pressures. The candidate must be well‑versed developing briefings and presenting to high level company officials and government sponsors. The candidate should be comfortable at finding compromises between customer desires and requirements. The ideal candidate has experience with proposals and estimating levels of effort for development.

• Perform independent review of designs, development plans, and test plans
• Assess risks
• Synthesize information across multiple disciplines
• Provide recommendations for technical solutions to issues
• Lead ad hoc teams to diagnose problems and find solutions
• Summarize issues, document issues and report concerns
• Brief high level officials and customers
• Provide praise for a job well done

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline, Master’s degree or PhD is a plus
• 15+ years of experience in satellite design, development, test, and operations across multiple flight projects/programs
• Demonstrated breadth and depth across multiple spacecraft engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated leadership of ad hoc, cross‑functional teams
• Experience taking a product from concept/proposal phase through prototyping, launch and operation
• Broad understanding of the spacecraft component supply chain and broad network of vendor relationships across the supply chain
• Experience performing make/buy trades
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to travel

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post‑offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company, offers a very competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) plan.

• Level 6: $210,800 – $310,000

Millennium is DDTC‑registered, ITAR‑compliant Company. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

This is not a Safety Sensitive…