Department Manager Engineering – Product Support, Technical Publications
Job in
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, 93552, USA
Listed on 2026-07-20
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-20
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Operations Management -
Management
Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Provide leadership and oversight for the development, sustainment, and integration of logistics elements across a project, with primary expertise in Technical Data.
- Ensure program objectives for Product Support are achieved by coordinating across engineering, operations, and sustainment disciplines, while providing functional oversight and governance of logistics requirements.
- Partner closely with PS EI&E to monitor technical, cost, and schedule commitments through effective alignment of staffing, execution processes, and disciplined use of engineering tools.
- Forecast staffing needs on a rolling 12-month cycle, ensure staffing requirements are entered into POST, and ensure talent is deployed, transitioned, and onboarded in sync with program demand.
- Maintain visibility across the division and sector to enable proactive redeployment and optimize overall workforce utilization—ensuring programs remain cost-effective and aligned with affordability goals.
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree and 7 years of related engineering experience.
- Minimum 6 years of Product Support or DoD Logistics leadership/management experience in an integrated product team environment.
- Familiarization and working knowledge of all twelve Product Support Technical Disciplines.
- Must possess an active DoD Top Secret clearance that is in scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI and Special Access Program (SAP) access as determined by business needs.
- Experience in leading, mentoring, and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex technical solutions, within cost and schedule constraints, across the various phases of the engineering lifecycle.
- Demonstrated capability in workforce and resource planning, including allocating resources across programs, managing workloads and priorities, forecasting staffing needs, and executing end-to-end hiring decisions.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and written/oral communication skills, enabling effective engagement with cross-functional stakeholders and customers.
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