Engineering Operations Lead

Venturi • 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. The Lead manages executive engineering rhythms, directs tasker operations through government systems, coordinates lifecycle and governance baseline documentation, and orchestrates communications across Targets stakeholders, prime contractors, and partner organizations.

The position manages recurring executive briefings and engineering reviews; serves as DTTE’s primary Action Officer in ETMS2; processes classified and unclassified taskers and public-release packages; coordinates annual historical summaries and data calls; and oversees key lifecycle documentation, baseline plans, SOPs, and configuration-controlled archives. The role is based at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and requires an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to maintain access to classified environments, including SIPRNet.

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 required, with ability to maintain clearance and access to classified environments, including SIPRNet.
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.
• Demonstrated experience managing operational battle rhythms, executive briefing consolidation, and technical meeting execution 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 MDA, particularly the Targets and Countermeasures Directorate (DTT) or Engineering Directorate (DE).
• Working familiarity with DoW and MDA workflows.
• Experience coordinating across multi-organization teams, including US Army DEVCOM (S3I), prime target hardware vendors, and national labs or FFRDCs.
• Proven ability to operate semi-autonomously, establish deadlines, and de-conflict competing technical and programmatic priorities under tight turnarounds.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end rhythm for weekly Targets Systems Engineering (DTTE) staff meetings, including coordinating chart inputs, consolidating presentations, arranging facility logistics, and delivering pre-brief packages to leadership.
• Coordinate, synthesize, and submit executive updates on requirements baselines, schedule changes, and technical accomplishments for MDA Directorate for Engineering weekly staff meetings.
• Aggregate and format Directorate-wide programmatic and technical status briefings for DTT bi-weekly staff calls.
• Track, de-conflict, and report 30/60/90-day major target program technical milestone reviews across 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 and route classified and unclassified tasker inputs across SIPRNet and NIPRNet repositories in accordance with OPSEC and handling guidelines.
• Process industry media-engagement requests 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 of the annual DT Targets CARD update supporting the President’s Budget submission to Congress, including kickoff alignment, appendices, comment adjudication, Staff Summary Sheets, and executive sign-off.
• Manage biennial PESHE updates in coordination with Targets Quality (DTOQ) and Environmental Management (DSF).
• Oversee review cycles, administrative accuracy, comment adjudication, formal routing, and publishing for baseline plans and SOPs.
• Maintain configuration-controlled baseline archives on agency SharePoint portals, DOD365 environments, and SIPR shared networks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The company describes a broad range of benefits but does not list specific benefit offerings in the posting.
• Professional development opportunities, including on-the-job learning and formal development programs.
• Well-being programs and flexibility in daily choices.

What This Job Offers

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