Chief Engineer Mach-XL

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

10h

About The Position

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a Hypersonics Chief Engineer for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Accelerator (MACH-XL) - Affordable Near-Hypersonic & Hypersonic AUR Prototyping and Demonstration Program in our Huntsville, AL, office. The candidate will provide High Speed vehicle technical leadership within Leidos and the Department of Defense customer community to execute hypersonic missile system design, testing, and production activities. In this technical position, the candidate will be expected to apply deep domain knowledge to provide technical leadership to the program efforts to advance and execute reduced cost and rapid development of hypersonic all-up rounds. Such efforts include vehicle design, booster design, integration, test planning, ground and flight test operations, production planning, and production demonstration. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here ! Are you ready to make an impact? Share your resume with us today!

Requirements

Candidate must have an ABET-accredited Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering field with 20+ years of relevant experience OR an ABET-accredited Masters with 15+ years of relevant experience
Management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams, integrated product teams, and working groups
Management and oversight over rigorous system engineering processes and tools to include requirements management, baseline management, risk management, configuration management, schedule management, verification and validation, and reporting
Developing, enforcing, and improving engineering policy, standards, best practices, and management
Candidate must have strong technical background in weapon systems and flight systems (or subsystems)
Candidate must have experience in Flight Test and Analysis for rocket, missile or hypersonic development flight testing
Candidate must have extensive experience performing risk management, test planning and/or proposal development
Strong verbal and written skills are required along with public speaking skills
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership (internal/client) on matters of strategic importance to the organization/project
Capability of performing in a collaborative engineering environment, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to mentor, lead, and promote talent
Organizational skills to document work and interface with team members to ensure flow of information
Must be able to travel up to 25%
A US Citizen with a current DOD Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

A current DOD Top Secret clearance
Experience with prototype production efforts
Experience with missile production/manufacturing activities
Experience with missile All-Up Round development, integration, and/or manufacturing
Solid, practical knowledge of complex missile or space systems, system integration, and associated testing

Responsibilities

The Chief Engineer will lead technical development and execution of new AUR missile concepts to enable lower-cost, rapid production and fielding of hypersonic weapon systems.
The successful candidate will lead technical execution across all system activities, from concept development through design, prototyping, ground testing, flight testing, and production demonstration.
Systems engineering, flight test engineering, and digital engineering
Ensure proper engineering discipline, rigor, review, reporting, and focus in our solutions and planning
Hardware and software engineering
Engineering to support production and manufacturing
Engineering to support logistics, maintenance, and sustainment (LMS)
Engineering resource and talent planning
Supporting internal and external stakeholders with engineering solutions and processes that reduce cost and risk, and that enable agility, speed, and security
Development and mentoring of engineering staff to include providing career guidance and professional growth opportunities for high potential employees
The candidate must be able to guide the development of test and evaluation strategies utilizing models, simulations, analyses, tests, and demonstrations.
The selected candidate will lead presentation of the test plans and related artifacts they have developed to the customer in formal design reviews and will serve as a customer liaison in test and evaluation IPTs.