Lead Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor, Air-to-Ground Weapons

KBR•Eglin Air Force Base, FL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR is seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor to provide subject matter expert-level technical leadership for the rapid development, test, and production of a high-priority air-to-ground weapon program. The role serves as a principal technical advisor to Government leadership, providing independent engineering judgment, systems-engineering expertise, and technical integration across the weapon-system lifecycle. The position provides technical leadership and assessment across requirements, design, integration, verification, test, production, fielding, sustainment, and modernization. It advises Government program leadership on technical risks, tradeoffs, issues, dependencies, and recommended courses of action; reviews contractor engineering deliverables; supports test and evaluation; and coordinates with program, engineering, logistics, production, contracting, financial-management, and operational stakeholders. The role also develops decision-ready briefings and recommendations and mentors junior engineers and analysts. The position is on-site at Eglin AFB, Florida, with low travel requirements and standard working hours, including core hours of 0900–1500. Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance and a relevant bachelor's degree. The posting describes KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business as planned to spin off as Trinzic, expected in January 2027; employees who join before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, computer science, mathematics, or another relevant technical discipline.
Extensive, progressively responsible engineering experience supporting complex defense acquisition, weapon-system, aerospace, missile, or guided-munition programs.
Service as a Government, industry, or support-contractor Lead Engineer, Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, or equivalent senior technical lead on an ACAT I or ACAT II weapon-system development program, or an equivalent major defense acquisition, aerospace, missile, or guided-munition development program.
Demonstrated responsibility for leading technical execution across major development activities, including requirements maturation, system design, integration, technical-risk management, developmental test, technical reviews, and transition to production or fielding.
Demonstrated experience providing senior technical leadership, engineering oversight, or independent technical advice to Government program offices, technical organizations, or executive-level stakeholders.
Significant systems-engineering experience, including requirements development and management, functional analysis, interface management, technical-baseline development, verification, and risk management.
Experience supporting one or more weapon-system lifecycle phases, including concept development, engineering and manufacturing development, test and evaluation, production, fielding, sustainment, or modernization.
Demonstrated experience with air-to-ground weapon systems, guided munitions, aircraft-weapons integration, missile systems, or closely related weapon-system technologies; extensive engineering leadership experience can substitute for lack of weapon-specific experience.
Experience assessing technical risks and tradeoffs involving system performance, cost, schedule, reliability, maintainability, producibility, safety, and operational effectiveness.
Experience preparing and presenting technical analyses, findings, and recommendations for senior Government, military, industry, and technical audiences.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convert complex technical issues into clear, decision-ready products.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate effectively across Government, industry, test, logistics, operational, and engineering organizations.
Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and exercise sound professional judgment in a high-visibility, mission-focused environment.

Nice To Haves

Active Top Secret clearance.
Master's degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, operations research, or a related technical discipline.
Professional Engineer license, Systems Engineering Professional certification, Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act certification, or comparable engineering or program-management credential.
Experience supporting Department of War weapon-system program offices, acquisition organizations, test organizations, depots, or air armament centers.
Experience with air-to-ground weapon development, seeker and guidance systems, propulsion, fuzing, warheads, stores management, weapon employment, aircraft integration, or mission-planning systems.
Experience supporting developmental test and evaluation, operational test and evaluation, live-fire test and evaluation, qualification, certification, or weapon-system safety programs.
Experience with digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, digital twins, modeling and simulation, or data-driven engineering and sustainment methods.
Experience with production readiness, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, configuration management, obsolescence management, or supply-chain risk management.
Familiarity with technical-review processes, including system requirements reviews, preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews, test readiness reviews, production readiness reviews, and program milestone decision support.
Prior military operational experience involving air-delivered weapons, combat aviation, munitions, weapons employment, test, or acquisition.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior technical advisor and engineering subject matter expert for a high-priority air-to-ground weapon program.
Provide technical leadership and independent engineering assessment across system requirements, design, integration, verification, test, production, fielding, sustainment, and modernization.
Advise Government program leadership on technical risks, tradeoffs, issues, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.
Lead or support technical reviews, engineering working groups, risk-review boards, configuration-management activities, and program milestone preparation.
Evaluate weapon-system requirements, interfaces, system architectures, design changes, and engineering proposals for alignment with operational needs, affordability, producibility, maintainability, and lifecycle objectives.
Support development and refinement of technical baselines, performance specifications, interface-control documentation, engineering plans, verification strategies, and technical data packages.
Assess system-level integration across air vehicle, weapon, mission-planning, targeting, guidance, navigation, communications, software, and support-equipment interfaces, as applicable.
Provide technical oversight and analysis of contractor engineering deliverables, including systems-engineering artifacts, test plans, technical reports, risk assessments, failure analyses, and corrective-action plans.
Support developmental test, operational test, live-fire test, qualification, certification, and verification activities by reviewing plans, data, deficiencies, and recommended corrective actions.
Identify technical and programmatic risks affecting schedule, performance, cost, safety, producibility, reliability, maintainability, and operational suitability, and develop mitigation options for Government consideration.
Support root-cause analysis and resolution of complex engineering, integration, manufacturing, quality, reliability, and field-performance issues.
Coordinate with program management, engineering, logistics, test, production, contracting, financial-management, and operational stakeholders to synchronize technical priorities and resolve cross-functional issues.
Develop concise, decision-ready technical briefings, executive summaries, issue papers, read-aheads, and recommendations for senior Government and industry audiences.
Mentor junior engineers and analysts and promote disciplined systems-engineering practices, technical rigor, and effective knowledge transfer across the team.