Chief Engineer Mach-XL

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Defense Systems is seeking a Hypersonics Chief Engineer for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Accelerator (MACH-XL) - Affordable Near-Hypersonic & Hypersonic AUR Prototyping and Demonstration Program in our Huntsville, AL, office. The candidate will provide High Speed vehicle technical leadership within Leidos and the Department of Defense customer community to execute hypersonic missile system design, testing, and production activities. In this technical position, the candidate will be expected to apply deep domain knowledge to provide technical leadership to the program efforts to advance and execute reduced cost and rapid development of hypersonic all-up rounds.

Such efforts include vehicle design, booster design, integration, test planning, ground and flight test operations, production planning, and production demonstration.

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The Chief Engineer will lead technical development and execution of new AUR missile concepts to enable lower-cost, rapid production and fielding of hypersonic weapon systems. The successful candidate will lead technical execution across all system activities, from concept development through design, prototyping, ground testing, flight testing, and production demonstration.

The Chief Engineer will be expected to provide leadership in the following specific areas:

• Systems engineering, flight test engineering, and digital engineering
• Ensure proper engineering discipline, rigor, review, reporting, and focus in our solutions and planning
• Hardware and software engineering
• Engineering to support production and manufacturing
• Engineering to support logistics, maintenance, and sustainment (LMS)
• Engineering resource and talent planning
• Supporting internal and external stakeholders with engineering solutions and processes that reduce cost and risk, and that enable agility, speed, and security
• Development and mentoring of engineering staff to include providing career guidance and professional growth opportunities for high potential employees

Additionally, as a leader on the MACH-XL Team, the successful candidate will interface directly with Sr. Leadership, program management, military and other government personnel, and a team of multi-discipline design and development engineers, both internal and external, to support the program's complex requirements. The candidate must be able to guide the development of test and evaluation strategies utilizing models, simulations, analyses, tests, and demonstrations.

A firm understanding of missile system architectures, system interfaces, performance requirements verification and validation techniques is essential for the role. The selected candidate will lead presentation of the test plans and related artifacts they have developed to the customer in formal design reviews and will serve as a customer liaison in test and evaluation IPTs.

• Candidate must have an ABET-accredited Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering field with 20+ years of relevant experience OR an ABET-accredited Masters…