NITSS Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME)

General Dynamics Mission Systems • Manassas, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring for a NITSS Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME). This role involves coordinating engineering activities across multi-disciplinary functional teams, leading engineering change control processes, maintaining technical risk visibility, and driving cross-site coordination. The position also focuses on program execution, including maintaining the engineering schedule, monitoring budget performance, developing engineering plans, and ensuring high-quality project deliverables. The DPME will serve as the primary engineering interface with government systems engineering teams and represent engineering commitments at reviews. Additionally, the role involves coordinating with subcontractors and external stakeholders, authoring engineering documentation, and performing other technical tasks as needed due to the small team size. The DPME will also conduct lessons learned reviews and act as Deputy Program Manager for the Program Manager on engineering matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Experience coordinating work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Familiarity with systems integration processes and multi-system interface management.
• Experience participating in or supporting formal technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, test readiness reviews, deployment reviews).
• Demonstrated ability to maintain schedules and manage technical change in a complex program environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging directly with GDMS leadership and customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a DoD or Navy program environment, ideally in Navy undersea warfare, ASW C2, or related Navy networked systems programs.
• Familiarity with Navy ISEA or SYSCOM systems engineering processes.
• Background in networking, infrastructure, or software systems integration in classified environments.
• Experience managing engineering schedules and technical change control in a multi-site program.
• Active Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering activities across multi-disciplinary functional teams including systems engineering, integration, and test.
• Direct day-to-day work priorities across assigned engineering functions, working in close coordination with the technical lead and program manager.
• Lead engineering change control processes, ensuring technical changes are evaluated, documented, and communicated across the team and to external stakeholders.
• Maintain visibility into technical risks and ensure mitigations are tracked, assigned, and executed.
• Drive cross-site coordination between Manassas and Chesapeake to ensure program continuity and a unified team approach.
• Identifies and pursues opportunities to leverage AI tools to improve engineering workflows, development processes, and program efficiency; supports the program’s effort to integrate AI capabilities into production deliverables.
• Maintain the engineering schedule and track commitments across development, integration, test, and delivery milestones.
• Monitor budget performance for engineering activities as needed and surface variances to the Program Manager.
• Develop and maintain engineering plans, including release plans, integration schedules, and deployment coordination across multiple baselines including hosted infrastructure ashore, non-hosted, laptop, afloat, and cloud environments.
• Ensure all project deliverables — including documentation — are developed with high quality and delivered on schedule.
• Identify and resolve execution issues.
• Identify, develop, analyze, and report engineering project performance measures.
• Support configuration and change management processes across the program lifecycle.
• Performing other technical tasks as needed.
• Conduct lessons learned reviews after each major delivery to drive continuous improvement and ensure action completion.
• Serve as Deputy Program Manager for the Program Manager on engineering matters as needed.
• Serve as the primary engineering interface with the government systems engineering team and ISEA organization for technical reviews, IPTs, and day-to-day project and deliverable coordination.
• Represent engineering commitments, schedule status, and technical plans at internal and external program reviews and customer engagements.
• Coordinate with subcontractors, supply chain management, and external stakeholders on technical priorities, interface requirements, and delivery expectations.
• Author and review engineering plans, schedules, and correspondence in support of government technical interactions.

Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous learning and development.
• Research oriented work.
• Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule).
• Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level