Component Develop Area – Team Lead

About the role

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long range effect on future generations!

Responsibilities

• Lead a strong and high performing team that drives employee awareness and commitment to personal safety, mission success and client satisfaction.
• Identify and manage cost/technical/schedule risks to ensure accomplishment of Task Order requirements, NASA ESSCA goals and objectives, and support the ASED process and requirements.
• Implement the ASED safety program for the team and lead by example in our SafeUp culture. Including fully utilizing the ASED safety recognition programs.
• Provide oversight of individual and team technical performance. This may include directly supporting tasks as an individual technical team member, providing technical expertise in a discipline, establishing and implementing processes in the ASED Performance Management System (JPMS), and confirming the technical quality of the work products generated by team personnel.
• Ensure that tasks and subtasks are estimated correctly, and resource loaded and that task and subtask technical, schedule and financial performance meet or exceed customer expectations per the ASED tools provided.
• Train and develop team personnel through on-the-job training, strategic technical assignments, peer-to-peer training, classes, etc.
• Perform hiring functions to meet team support requirements: define position requirements; conduct candidate recruiting; lead interviewing and selection; and perform on-boarding activities.
• Establish and oversee specialty subcontracting requirements in collaboration with the ASED Business and Finance Office (BFO) to include coordination of task assignments and performance. Development of subcontractor Statements of Work (SOW), and management of subcontractors and Amentum's Intersegment Work Agreements (IWAs).
• Conduct special projects as assigned by Department Manager or Office of the Program Manager.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen and have a STAR ID.
• Requirements for Team Leads supporting the Propulsion Systems Department include:
• Bachelor's Degree in a scientific, engineering, or related discipline from an accredited institution and a minimum of 10 years of experience in technical discipline.
• Technical expertise in electrical, mechanical test.
• Experience with leading strong and high performing teams of technicians.
• Experience in project management with specific experience in project planning, estimating, and tracking.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Hands-on experience in fabrication and test environment is preferred.
• Participation in professional societies, e.g. AIAA, ASME IEEE, NSBE, SHPE, SWE, etc. is preferred.

Skills

• Strong leadership and technical expertise.
• Project management and risk management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Hands-on experience in fabrication and test environment.
• Experience in professional societies.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Pay

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Schedule

Normal workday 7:30-4:30, Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity, and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.