Sr. Principal CAM / IPT Lead

About the role

The selected candidate will be responsible for CAM/IPT leadership of a team of technical individuals whose mission is to develop advanced inertial navigation systems. The CAM/IPT lead will be responsible for overseeing and managing the engineering design, development, test and integration of hardware and software products/subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and managing the engineering design, development, test and integration of hardware and software products/subsystems.
• Tracking and reporting cost and schedule performance (CAM duties) of the Systems Engineering Integration and Test for electrical mechanical design teams.
• Owning the overall technical quality and performance for the engineering content of the assigned scope of work.
• Ensuring that the engineering team is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test, and sustainment in accordance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Serving as the interface to the Program Manager, SEIT Lead, Chief Engineer, and other IPT leads to coordinate IPT technical and programmatic status and issues.
• Serving as the interface to the Engineering Discipline/Department Managers to coordinate staffing requirements and ensure proper skill mix to support IPT activities.
• Project planning utilizing a resource loaded IMS and aligning to overall program milestones.
• Maintaining cost account budget, schedule, and technical performance for scope of work as assigned.
• Coordinating with cost account manager and understanding of EVMS.
• Managing scope and aligning to contract and statement of work requirements.
• Forming tiger teams to address issues with disciplined root cause and corrective actions.
• Risk management, mitigations, and interface with risk boards.
• Resource plans and forecasting.
• Product roadmaps.
• Presentations to technical review boards.
• Communication and status reporting to program leadership and management.

Requirements

• 8 years of Engineering experience with a Bachelors of Science in a STEM discipline; 6 years of Engineering experience with Masters; 4 Years with a PhD.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in a systems engineering, integration, and/or test environment.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience with experience and training in Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles and application, or similar knowledge, or as a Cost Account Manager (CAM).
• Experience in all aspects of the engineering process, from requirements analysis through verification testing.
• Experience with Quantifiable Backup Data (QBD), waterfall, and/or Agile development processes.
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management, Configuration Management, and Model Based Engineering environments.
• Experience in presenting to various levels of leadership.
• Experience in proposal and new business capture conforming to the FAR and DFAR including bidding.
• Prior team leadership in DoD programs.
• Proven, effective planning, organizational, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must possess an Active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Ability to work onsite 4 days a week in Woodland Hills, CA.