Systems Engineering Manager

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 14 years or more of professional experience; or 12 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree
• Demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams including task planning, budget management and/or employee development and mentoring
• Proven ability to resolve and drive complex technical issues/challenges to closure
• Strong customer focus with track record of achieving outstanding customer satisfaction
• Experience in Agile methods and Proposals
• Able to obtain Department of Defense SECRET or higher security clearance

Work

• Technical engagements and presentations with internal leadership and external customers
• Technical leadership and coordination across all aspects of the SQQ89 program portfolio
• Proactively tear down any technical barriers, real or perceived
• Communication of technical information at all technical/non-technical levels (entry level to directors/VPs/Customers)
• Prior team leadership and/or management experience
• Demonstrated ability to motivate, energize and guide engineering teams
• Proposal writing and basis-of-estimate experience

Functional Responsibilities

• Assignment of work tasks, providing performance appraisals, career planning, and training development required for direct reports
• Candidate will conduct staffing and work force planning to support current and anticipated projects, including interviewing and hiring personnel as required
• Candidate will coordinate staffing requirements closely with Chief Engineer’s team
• Candidate will define, communicate and coordinate staffing priorities as well as funding requirements with the appropriate project leads
• Candidate will act as a stakeholder for programs ensuring domain area is appropriately represented
• Candidate will review and approve functional proposal inputs including BOEs and scopes of work
• Candidate will own, execute, and status department level initiatives
• Candidate will be a change agent in responsible area with focus on affordability and advancing technical capabilities and innovation
• Candidate will develop and support process improvement goals and objectives and opportunity development