Maritime Division Chief Engineer

About the role

The Director, Chief Engineer is responsible for delivering the technical scope, cost and schedule performance for all engineering content within the division. S/he provides strategic technical leadership and implementation of objectives and initiatives based on long-term product and profitability goals. S/he is responsible for supplying and maintaining adequate resources working with engineering functional leads in the pursuit of the division’s strategic goals and operational plans.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead and manage the cross-functional engineering organization dedicated to the ongoing advancement of the Engineering team and division product roadmaps.
• Technical scope, cost and schedule accountability for technical project execution.
• Management of engineering staffing demand, allocation of resources and posting of requisitions to successfully support the division.
• Work with the Engineering Leadership Team to conduct ongoing skills assessment and proactively address potential skills gaps.
• Lead and mentor the engineering leadership team to continue to develop strong technical leaders.
• Planning and execution of product development, from product definition through production transition, across all markets to meet division goals and objectives.
• Manage Internal Research and Development (IRAD) portfolio and develop and maintain product technology roadmap.
• Engineering organization budgets.
• Champion the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Decision maker for high level / high impact engineering technical issues.
• Represents engineering organization with major customers and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 15 years of applicable experience in a product development role; DoD experience a must, with 10 years experience leading cross functional teams.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations that are geographically diverse.
• Active Secret level Security Clearance; a Top Secret/SCI is preferred; and maintain this clearance which requires US Citizenship.

Qualifications

• Prior leadership across two or more engineering disciplines (e.g., systems, software, electrical, mechanical, test, specialty engineering).
• Experience working in mission-critical or safety-critical development environments.
• Experience with EVMS/CAM responsibilities and proposal development (including BOE generation).
• Experience leading organizational change and scaling teams through growth or realignment.
• Master’s degree in Engineering or a Master’s of Business Administration is highly desired.

Skills

• Strategic technical leadership
• Project management
• Leadership of cross-functional teams
• Product development
• Technical scope, cost and schedule accountability
• Resource management
• Skills assessment and addressing potential gaps
• Product development planning
• Product technology roadmap development
• Engineering organization budget management
• New Product Introduction (NPI) process championing
• Decision making for high-level engineering technical issues
• Customer and stakeholder representation

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Pay

Salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is [$177,500 MIN - $291,000 MAX]. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, Vermont and Virginia is [$177,500 MIN - $291,000 MAX]. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Schedule

Regular Job Schedule: 9/80