Deputy Chief Engineer, Autonomous Airpower

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own vehicle subsystems / design scope from conceptual design phase through detailed design, build, test and productionization.
• Establish program plan/vision and communicate to team while ensuring they stay on track
• Coordinate and execute design level trades working with various functional engineering teams
• Incorporate expert knowledge of first principles aircraft design, design standards, system safety, test methodology and risk reduction across team.
• Establish requirements, design review entrance/exit criteria, etc.
• Own interfaces between subsystems
• Manage technical and programmatic risks for systems you are responsible for.
• Negotiate workflows with functional engineering leaders

Job requirements

• Experience developing, building, and testing large aircraft subsystems.
• 7+ years of technical engineering experience in a professional environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience leading technical new start development projects.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance
• Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Software Engineering Degree
• Aviation passion demonstrated through FAA pilots license, Airframe and Powerplant license, Experimental Aircraft/Homebuilding etc.
• Demonstrated ability to take designs from concept to flight.