Chief Engineer; Clearance Required

Position: Chief Engineer (Clearance Required)
Sierra Space Careers:

At Sierra Space, we build the missions and systems that keep our world secure in the domain above Earth.  Sierra Space team members share a spirit of innovation and collaboration and a belief that we can deliver on the boldest missions in space today. Together with our customers, we aim to safeguard our nation, sustain human presence in space, and secure the freedom of operations in low Earth orbit and beyond.  

Our success is measured by the trust of those who rely on what we build and deliver, and our technologies keep the United States and its allies mission-ready throughout space.

We are mission-driven, and together, we are an extraordinary team.

About the Role The Chief Engineer will provide technical leadership and guidance to a major program or programs, ensuring successful technical execution and timely decision making. The primary responsibility of this role is to maintain the technical baseline for the program. This involves overseeing the design, development, and testing, and verification of systems and components, solving complex technical problems, and adjudicating gaps in the as-designed versus as-built/as-tested configuration.

The Chief Engineer will act as a senior leader within the program team, providing expert technical direction on complex multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring technical feasibility to achieve mission success. This position requires multidisciplinary engineering expertise and the ability to build and execute strategies across programs.

About You Our mission is driven by an unyielding commitment to advancing space-based technology in service of our customers and safeguarding national security. We seek individuals who are passionate about innovating beyond boundaries and relentlessly pursuing solutions that protect, preserve and empower – to join us in this critical mission.  We’re looking for team members who align with our values, mission and goals – while also meeting the minimum qualifications below.

The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership and guidance to a major program or programs, ensuring successful technical execution.

Responsible for maintaining the technical baseline for a major program or programs

Chair program(s) Engineering Review Board and ensuring appropriate measures are taken to capture those changes in the requirement baseline.

Chair program(s) Failure Review Board, ensuring gaps are adjudicated and root cause corrective actions are determined when qualification or flight hardware/software/systems do not meet their requirements.

Oversee the design, development, and testing of systems and components.

Work across all programs and play a role of an advisor.

Responsible for solving the hardest technical problems spanning multiple programs.

Drive the resolution of technical issues and challenges, providing expert-level problem-solving.

Act as the final authority and decision maker on how to solve a problem for a customer.

Take an active role in program milestone meetings and proposals.

Partner with IPT Leads for work breakdown tasking and structure.

Embody our culture and great leadership; act as a catalyst for change.

Build out strategy; identify and implement the steps needed to execute on the strategy across programs.

Translate technical strategy into executable plans. Make final decisions on technical problems, guide execution, and ensure effectiveness.

Uphold and model company values; hold others accountable to values.

Interact with internal and external executive-level management.

Drive innovation in engineering practices and stay current with emerging technologies.

Contribute to the development of technical strategies and roadmaps to support…