Chief Engineer - Cyber & Electronic Warfare

About the role

The Advanced Research and Development (ARD) Division is searching for a Chief Engineer to research and develop new and innovative systems that are at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cyber Operations, and Electronic Warfare. The full system development cycle includes: Modeling and simulation, proof-of-concept prototyping, minimum viable products, developmental test and evaluation, and system transition to operations.

Responsibilities

• Serving As Technical Lead for Cog-Cyber/EW white papers and proposals.
• Principal Investigator for Cog-Cyber/EW IRADs and contracts.
• Technical Lead for briefings to Government and company senior staff and stakeholders.
• Technical conference session chairs, presenters, and author for technical publications.
• Supports the creation of product technical roadmaps by collaborating with Product Line Managers, Senior Engineering Managers, Customers, and Division Leadership.
• Collaborates with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure technical specifications, as designed, are managed/controlled and flow through the entire value chain.
• Manages development and approval of engineering estimates and drives to a consistent approach for bases of estimates.
• Develops and mentors high-performing engineering teams.
• Owns engineering budgets, forecast, and IRAD execution.
• Leads multi-discipline engineering activities and mentors engineers to improve technical and leadership skills.
• Promotes partnerships with functional leaders to drive process improvements throughout the engineering development processes.
• Responsible for engineering leadership and direct performance management of a group of Senior Engineering Managers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or PhD in Electrical, Software, Computational Neuroscience Engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• 10 - 12 years of demonstrated experience in cognitive, cyber, electronic warfare.
• Plus, experience as a Principal Investigator or Individual Contributor.
• Experience with leading technical teams through the system development lifecycle.
• Experience with drawings and BOMs; Engineering Change systems; Quality systems for non-conforming parts and corrective action.
• Experience in an Agile and Waterfall development environment.
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills to government PMs, Government and Organizational senior leaders.
• Experience project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations.
• Exceptional leadership and management skills, with the ability to develop and communicate a vision that inspires and motivates staff and aligns with the business strategy.
• Able to build strong relationships within all disciplines within organization.
• Effective influence and negotiation skills in an environment in which resources may not be under your direct control.
• Experience with product manufacturing and product configuration processes.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment.
• Experienced and proficient with MS Office applications and other office productivity tools.