Engineering Operations Lead

Chenega Corporation • Huntsville, AL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Venturi, LLC, a Chenega company, is seeking an experienced Engineering Operations Lead to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Program Directorate (DTT), within the Chief Engineer / Targets Systems Engineering Division (DTTE). The role serves as the central operational integrator and technical synchronization point for Targets Systems Engineering. It manages executive engineering rhythms, directs tasker operations through government systems, coordinates major lifecycle and governance baseline documentation, and orchestrates communications among Targets stakeholders, prime contractors, and partner organizations.

The position oversees executive engineering briefings and meeting rhythms, agency and directorate status updates, technical review milestone tracking, and tasker workflows. It also coordinates classified and unclassified tasking, media and public-release requests, annual historical summaries, and data calls. The role leads operational coordination for the annual Targets Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD), maintains PESHE updates and baseline documentation, and manages configuration-controlled archives across agency collaboration environments.

The employer describes professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs. It also describes a positive and supportive culture, flexibility in daily choices, and well-being programs. Specific benefit offerings are not listed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical/scientific discipline specifically related to the area of specialty.
• 10 or more years of related professional experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship is required, and the employee must be able to maintain clearance and access to classified environments, including SIPRNet.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.
• Demonstrated experience managing operational battle rhythms, consolidating executive briefings, and executing technical meetings for senior military and civilian leaders.
• Direct experience tracking and adjudicating review comments using formal systems such as DoD Form 100 comment matrices.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition lifecycle documentation such as CARD, SEP, RMP, PESHE, and TEMP.
• Strong administrative rigor in routing executive correspondence, Staff Summary Sheets, and official action packages.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Working knowledge of task-tracking systems such as ETMS2 or similar DoD correspondence management tools.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree may be preferred at this level.
• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Technical Management, or a related STEM discipline.
• 12 or more years of professional experience supporting DoD or federal program offices, preferably in a SETA, A&AS, or SE&I capacity.
• Prior direct experience supporting the MDA, particularly the Targets and Countermeasures Directorate (DTT) or Engineering Directorate (DE).
• Working familiarity with DoW or MDA workflows.
• Experience coordinating across multi-organization teams, including US Army DEVCOM (S3I), prime target hardware vendors, and national laboratories or FFRDCs.
• Ability to operate semi-autonomously, establish deadlines, and de-conflict competing technical and programmatic priorities under tight turnaround times.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end rhythm for weekly DTTE staff meetings, including coordinating chart inputs, consolidating technical presentations, arranging facility logistics, and delivering leadership pre-brief packages.
• Coordinate, synthesize, and submit executive updates on requirements baselines, schedule changes, and technical accomplishments to the MDA Directorate for Engineering (DE).
• Aggregate and format Directorate-wide programmatic and technical status briefings for the Program Director and Front Office leadership.
• Track, de-conflict, and report 30/60/90-day major target program technical milestone reviews across target portfolios; deliver post-review Executive Summaries to agency leadership within required timeframes.
• Serve as the primary DTTE Action Officer in ETMS2; triage, distribute, monitor, and drive timely closure of Congressional, OSD, and internal agency taskers.
• Handle, ingest, and route classified and unclassified tasker inputs across SIPRNet and NIPRNet repositories in accordance with OPSEC and handling guidelines.
• Process and facilitate Industry Requests for Media Engagement and MDA Public Release packages; coordinate reviews with Acquisition, Legal, and Strategic Communications, and draft Staff Summary Sheets.
• Lead the annual DTTE Historical Summary collection and coordinate FFRDC data calls and technical conference attendance nominations.
• Lead operational integration for the annual DT Targets CARD update supporting the President’s Budget submission to Congress; coordinate kickoff alignments, consolidate appendices, adjudicate comments via Form 100, generate Staff Summary Sheets, and shepherd packages through executive sign-off.
• Manage biennial PESHE updates in coordination with Targets Quality (DTOQ) and Environmental Management (DSF).
• Oversee review cycles, administrative accuracy, Form 100 comment matrix adjudication, formal routing, and publishing of core program documentation.
• Maintain configuration-controlled baseline archives on designated agency SharePoint portals, DOD365 environments, and SIPR shared networks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs.
• Well-being programs and a supportive culture that offers flexibility in daily choices.

What This Job Offers

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