Engineer/Technical Advisor - Civilian Position

Defense Innovation Unit • Mountain View, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is not a job description for a specific job opening at DIU. The Talent Management Team collects resumes from interested candidates for periodic openings and would love to hear from you! The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a Department of War (DoW) organization focused exclusively on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology throughout the military and growing the national security innovation base. As the Department’s gateway to leading technology companies across the country, DIU is focused on rapid prototyping, fielding, and scaling of commercial solutions that can save lives, lead to new operational concepts, increase efficiency, and save taxpayer dollars. DIU has a variety of missions which bring academic and private sector solutions to national security problems. To accomplish this mission, we seek a wide variety of backgrounds including military experience, high technology product development and leadership, operations expertise, and general program management experience. The Engineering/Technical Expert serves as a critical technical authority supporting the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) mission. This role provides high-level technical expertise to drive program management and other essential activities focused on integrating cutting-edge commercial technologies into the Department of War (DoW).

Requirements

• Military experience
• High technology product development and leadership
• Operations expertise
• General program management experience
• High-level technical expertise

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise across a wide range of technical fields and disciplines, including research, design, development, modification, and the transition of innovative commercial technologies (Technical Leadership)
• Adapt, engineer, and apply emerging commercial technologies to secure a definitive warfighting advantage for DoW operations (Commercial Technology Engineering)
• Engage and collaborate with a large, diverse ecosystem of non-traditional industry partners and commercial tech hubs (Industry Collaboration)
• Work directly with Military Departments and Combatant Commands to rigorously evaluate, prototype, and transition successful technological solutions for broader Department of War deployment (Technology Transition)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees