Systems Engineering Technical Manager - SWC

Basic Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS::
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

Imagine a world-class engineering environment. Now add a team of exceptional talent along with technologies that are so advanced they're often classified. That's what you'll find at General Dynamics Mission Systems. Here you'll lead amazing engineers as they invent the technologies, products and services that help our service members, intelligence analysts and first responders keep our nation safe. If you want the chance to lead, it's time to bring your talent to General Dynamics Mission Systems as a Systems Engineering Technical Manager - Strategic Weapons Control (SWC).

The Strategic Weapons Control (SWC) program provides mission-critical capabilities to our customer's Ohio/Vanguard and Columbia/Dreadnought class submarines including tactical Fire Control, auxiliary, and training systems.

We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AR/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve our customers' missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar and everything in between.

Duties and Tasks:

• Provides leadership in defining technology, tool and process strategy across a technical domain
• Overall responsibility for the engineering aspects of a technical domain, to include the acquisition of critical resources
• Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering efforts within area of responsibility
• Capable of identifying project risks, assessing issues and developing resolutions that meet cost, schedule productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Review's status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders
• Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
• Handles personnel issues within area of responsibility including merit planning, performance reviews and disciplinary actions
• Participates in development of technical strategies and teaming strategies in technical domain
• Participates in the proposal process, including the development of executable project plans on proposals
• Ensures process compliance of all engineering activity in area of responsibility
• Leads specific process improvement activities
• Determines and implements the organizational training needs in accordance with the requirements of the technical domain
• Ensures that domain engineers are active in developing risk mitigation plans and managing their risk profiles
• May have budget responsibilities
• Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors and employees
• Communicates regularly with project customer, and suppliers, project team, and internal management
• Regular contact with all other personnel in area of responsibility
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals
• Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies
• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
• Expected to manage work, set objectives and meet commitments for self and others
• Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

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• Strong leadership skills
• Applies or develops highly advanced technologies, principles, theories and concepts
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams
• Strong ability to think creatively
• Strong ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks
• Strong ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
• Strong ability to understand and apply project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM)
• Strong experience in driving continuous improvement in Engineering process and tools
• Works collaboratively with resources external to the functional or program team
• Responsible for establishing and achieving operational objectives for a moderately complex function, program or program scope
• Expected to integrate complex activities
• Strong proficiency at all responsibilities associated with the position
• Strong ability to recruit, manage and retain people
• Typically has strong…