Systems Engineering Supervisor

About the role

Join our MQ-9 Requirements and System Architecture group as a System Engineering Supervisor, where you’ll lead a talented team at the critical intersection of systems engineering and software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a dynamic team of system engineers, fostering technical excellence and professional growth.
• Build and retain talent by providing career guidance, identifying staffing needs, and championing your team’s development.
• Plan and orchestrate work assignments, project schedules, and deliverables to meet development needs.
• Act as the technical representative between Systems Engineering and the Software IPT, aligning team efforts in support of IPT activities.
• Solve complex challenges by determining technical objectives for advanced engineering problems requiring creative, forward-thinking solutions.
• Guide solution architecture from concept through deployment, including integration, testing, documentation, certification, and safety considerations.
• Collaborate and influence by representing the organization as the primary technical contact for assigned programs, interfacing with senior stakeholders across multiple organizations.
• Communicate strategically with engineering teams, end users, and leadership throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Provide expert guidance to less experienced professionals, serving in both advisory and project leadership capacities.
• Develop and champion Systems Engineering practices and processes within the organization, including but not limited to Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Represent the organization as a prime technical contact within an engineering team for assigned projects/programs.
• Formulate plans and guide the development and implementation of engineering solutions including deployment, resource requirements, testing, documentation, integration, compliance, and safety.
• Plan and coordinate engineering solutions including, documentation, reporting, publishing, and making technical and other presentations to ensure viability of the solution(s) in an evolving environment.
• Plan for future applications of solutions based on new developments in engineering technology.
• Ensure all work products meet General Atomics quality standards and company policies.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Uphold all applicable laws, regulations, and safety obligations.
• Foster a culture of safe work practices in accordance with established procedures.

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 of experience with a bachelor's degree, ten or more years of experience with a master's degree, or seven or more years with a PhD.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Demonstrates a detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership.
• Possesses the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals.
• Capability of representing the organization as a prime technical contact; and, the ability to provide leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.
• Able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment.
• Able to work extended hours and travel as required.
• A Professional Engineering License, original work(s) published in professional engineering journals, invited to present one or more original works to an engineering symposium, and invited and/or participated on an engineering review panel are desirable.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security clearance.