Chief Engineer, Systems

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Evaluates customer-provided requirements and identifies platform impacts, cost, schedule, and technical performance risks and communicates those to key stakeholders.
• Contributes to the development of new product requirements through consultations with Program Managers and end customers.
• Assists in the review and analysis of proposals, specifications, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Assists in defining system requirements and in the generation of specifications for products or sub-systems.
• Provide critical input to the preparation of successful proposal designs, cost estimates, and technical responses with regards to resources (personnel, equipment, etc.).
• Ensures that integration efforts will satisfy all performance requirements, achieve delivery schedule, stay within budget, and meet cost targets.
• Reviews Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), Requests for Deviation (RFD), and maintains system configuration baselines.
• Mentors and guides engineering personnel to improve technical and leadership skills

Job requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field.
• 15 years of experience in an engineering design or development environment
• 3 years of project management experience. (PMP or CAPM certification a plus.)
• Experience with integrating new capabilities onto platforms, requiring flow-down of requirements to lower-level systems.
• Experience project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations.
• Master’s Degree in a Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering discipline (or equivalent)
• Direct experience with design or development in the Aerospace or Defense industries (UAVs or Military aviation preferred)
• Proven success collaborating with Engineering disciplines (Electrical, Software, Mechanical, and System Engineers) to define system architecture and integration details.