Systems Engineer III/IV (Project Engineer)

About the role

Textron Systems is seeking engineers of all disciplines to support the United States Marine Corps Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program. The role is in Textron Systems' Land Systems business area.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Program Management to tightly control program schedule and budget per customer
• Earned-Value Managements System requirements (EVMS)
• Resolve schedule, resource, and technical conflicts
• Navigate and lead multidiscipline teams through unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions
• Collaborate with functional managers to organize and delegate key tasks
• Interact daily with program managers, planners, engineers and technicians
• Generate statements of work and manage outside contractor performance
• Act as a technical interface between engineering development team, Integrated Product Teams, and Integrated Supply Chain for product and program needs
• Chair (or delegate) responsibilities to execute change control boards for your project / product
• Develop discretionary funding plans and requests outlining program needs for successful execution
• Provide recommendations to senior management regarding critical risk acceptance
• Prepare and present engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews
• Responsible for Average Unit Manufacturing Cost (AUMC) of PPD vehicles and future LRIP/full-rate production environments
• ARV Vetronics/C5ISR Project Engineer Roles/Responsibilities
• Manage and coordinate all ARV Vetronics and C5ISR specific-related activities, acting as a liaison between different teams and stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met on time and within budget
• Supports Chief Engineer to drive technical risk and maturity into Vetronics/C5ISR system designs and development
• Coordinate Engineering support of Vehicle of builds, outfitting, test and final delivery
• Responsible for delivery of associated technical artifacts including Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL’s)
• Support of all C5ISR, Software and Cyber Security related Technical Customer Integrated Product teams (IPT’s) and Working groups (WG’s)
• Responsible for coordination and communication with Integrated Supply chain, Engineering, Program Management and Government customers on all ARV Vetronics and C5ISR related tasks, activities, risks and issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline, graduate degree in engineering or management disciplines desired
• 8 years of related experience and ability to obtain Secret clearance
• Development of systems architectures and concepts of operations
• Experience in program planning, control account management, and risk management
• Experience in leading internal and external programmatic and technical reviews
• Experience in proposal processes and basis of estimate review