Staff Cons-Systems

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
This is leadership position for an experienced engineer responsible for promoting and guiding consistency across the Company programs and solutions. The Chief Engineer will have oversight responsibility and will serve as the primary interface to the customer and program management. Leadership responsibilities include but are not limited to developing and maintaining team culture and defining performance expectations. This is a full-time position that reports to the Manager of Tactical Solutions, Chief Engineer.
The Tactical Solutions Strategic Business Unit delivers mission system solutions, from specialized antennas to electro-optical technologies, to the warfighter. Our systems enhance the performance of various military platforms, from aircraft and land vehicles to ships and satellites, and give warfighters the advantage they need to take action, identify targets and defend against evolving threats.
What You'll Do:

• Primary interface to Tactical Solutions Strategic Business Unit SBU for coordinating support of lifecycle gated review development for various mission areas.
• Coordinate and prioritize activities of supporting liaisons.
• Deliver architectural solutions that meet customer expectations.
• Supports program risk management process and serves as technical risk management lead.
• Lead expectations, preparations, and delivery for major gate reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, PSR) and develop SE-related checklists for those reviews.
• Organize the engineering teams and help develop the processes and tools for improved program execution.
• Clearly define engineering roles, responsibilities, expectations, products.
• Lead development of architectural systems designs.
• Oversee or lead anomaly resolution and failure review boards.
• Build and maintain customer relationships - collaborate on customer requirements.
• Drive re-use of engineering solutions to meet customer needs.
• Review early design solutions (notionally at proposal phase or at System Design Review) to promote consistent use of existing engineering solutions.
• Coordinate and staff Independent Review Teams (IRT) and provide senior-level IRT support for programs when requested.
• Engineering Review Board (ERB) and Material Review Board (MRB) oversight responsibility.
• Define Mission Concept of Operations (CONOPS) if required.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company.
• Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.