Lead Configuration Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as an Engineering Lead with duties that span support of:
• Hardware and software
• Test equipment
• Support engineering and manufacturing activities
• Working with subcontractors and suppliers on various aspects of the program
• Responsible for managing the current and future technical configurations of the HGB to include:
• Cordination with the program design agent
• Managing inputs into technical data packages
• Ensuring efficient transitions from design to production
• Coinciding test objectives and appropriate hardware allocation
• Understanding and developing configurations to meet dynamic requirements
• Working with manufacturing to develop plans to meet the changing needs of our customers

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school with minimum 8 years of experience.
• 5 or more years’ engineering technical leadership experience
• Individual must be a self-starter with excellent communication and organizational skills
• Prior significant experience working with inter-disciplinary teams to solve challenging technical problems
• Strong technical background in large integrated products
• Strong background working directly with customer and suppliers to define and track engineering requirements
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years’ experience in systems engineering in aerospace or defense programs
• Prior work in DoD Missile, Reentry Vehicle, or Hypersonics fields
• Prior work with defining test plans and hardware configurations to meet requirements intent
• Prior work in a production environment with experience providing engineering support
• Experience with MIL-STD-31000 product level TDP requirements
• Experience working rapidly changing development programs, with TRL Levels 3 - 7