Senior Project Engineer Mission Platform Systems

Job Summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leading provider of proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars. AMS at GA-ASI in San Diego, CA seeks high-performing technical contributors and future leaders to lead, support strategic objectives, and develop mission system capability solutions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead diverse multi-function engineering teams, meeting critical program milestones, and successfully executing programs within defined cost and schedule.
• Represent programs as the face of engineering, ensuring consistent and appropriate messaging to external customer stakeholders, Program Office Representatives (PoRs), industry partners, subcontracts, and senior internal/executive stakeholders.
• Support engineering estimates and proposals in response to customer and leadership directives.
• Develop program plans, estimates, schedules, and execute programs in accordance with those plans.
• Perform system analysis, trade studies, author technical white papers, and generate customer technical data packages.
• Complete, document, and present System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR).
• Represent company at technical reviews, customer meetings, and system level integrations.
• Support mission architecture implementations and designs.
• Support technology initiatives such as Open Architectures (OMS, FACE, etc.), Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence, onboard fusion, track management, resource management, and Human Factor’s based HMI design.
• Support the development of test plans and manage the integration, verification, and validation of new capabilities and technologies.
• Support the development of business/strategic objectives and system concept-of-operations within primary platform development programs, strategic customer demonstrations, evaluation programs, and Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) efforts.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows: twelve or more years with a bachelor's degree, ten or more years with a master's degree, or seven or more years with a PhD.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Demonstrated ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a dynamic work environment.
• Must possess the ability to resolve complex technical problems.
• Previous experience in developing and integrating hardware and software with various engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Cyber, and Software.
• Demonstrates technical expertise and experience with GA-ASI Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) & platforms, and quickly understands critical interfaces including MQ-9, MQ-1, and Avenger.
• Candidate should have experience in one or more of the following technologies: Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advance IRST, Electronic Warfare systems, Multi-INT systems, Countermeasures, Communications, Tactical Datalinks, Automation Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (A3I), HMI/UI, Cybersecurity, Software Architectures, Open Architectures and Standards (OMS, FACE, STANAG, etc), Networking, Modeling & Simulation.
• Candidate is desired to have experience with Product Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DOD Product development.
• Must be customer-focused, able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment, and able to work extended hours and travel as required.
• Willingness and ability to support new business development efforts are essential and required.
• Knowledge of DoD requirements generation and military system acquisition processes is highly desirable.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.