Engineering Operations Lead (Job ID:4628)

Valkyrie Enterprises • Huntsville, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Valkyrie Enterprises is seeking an Engineering Operations Lead in Huntsville, Alabama, contingent upon prime contractor approval, 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, managing executive engineering rhythms, government tasker operations, lifecycle and governance documentation, and communications among Targets stakeholders, prime contractors, and partner organizations.

The position manages weekly division staff meetings, coordinates executive briefings at the agency and directorate levels, and tracks major target-program technical milestone reviews. It serves as DTTE’s primary Action Officer in ETMS2, routing and monitoring taskers, including classified and sensitive items, and facilitates media engagement and public-release requests. The role also coordinates annual historical-summary and data-call activities.

The Engineering Operations Lead supports annual Targets Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD) updates and biennial PESHE updates, oversees reviews and formal routing of baseline plans and standard operating procedures, and maintains configuration-controlled documentation archives across designated agency and DoD platforms. The role requires an active Secret clearance and the ability to qualify for and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. Travel is minimal, at 10% or less.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering or STEM.
• At least 12 years of experience.
• 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.
• Active Secret clearance and ability to qualify for and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain by the start date and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID, if required for domestic air travel or access to secure federal facilities or military bases.
• Ability to meet applicable pre-employment requirements, which may include background investigation, employment and education verification, drug screening, driving record review, security-clearance eligibility, and government-installation access.
• Ability to perform the stated physical demands, including moving objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• 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 work semi-autonomously, establish deadlines, and de-conflict competing technical and programmatic priorities under tight turnarounds.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end rhythm for weekly DTTE staff meetings, including coordinating chart inputs, consolidating technical 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 the MDA Directorate for Engineering weekly staff.
• 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 target portfolios, and 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 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.
• Integrate the annual DT Targets CARD update supporting the President’s Budget submission to Congress, align project management teams, consolidate classified and unclassified appendices, adjudicate Form 100 comments, 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision options.
• Company-paid life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Education reimbursement.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO).

What This Job Offers

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