Program Chief Engineer

Leidos • Lynnwood, WA

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About The Position

The Program Chief Engineer provides direct program support and technical direction for one or more developmental programs in the undersea domain, building and fielding new capabilities for maritime customers. The role leads a talented, cross-functional team of engineers and technicians developing next-generation maritime solutions, including unmanned underwater vehicles and advanced sensor systems. The position provides strategic technical leadership across program execution and serves as a Leidos Solution Architect supporting business development and capture activities, including proposal writing and solution design.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, such as Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, or Ocean Engineering.
• 15+ years of engineering experience in subsea maritime programs or programs involving the design and delivery of electro-mechanical systems.
• 10+ years in a leadership role guiding engineering teams.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record leading the design, development, integration, and deployment of subsea maritime systems.
• Hands-on knowledge of embedded systems and related software and firmware tools and techniques.
• Experience with electronics design for unmanned and autonomous systems, including power distribution, battery systems, communications networks, sensors, data collection and storage, signal processing, and industry-standard design tools.
• Mechanical design experience with hulls, propulsors, and packaging, including knowledge of materials properties, corrosion, modeling and simulation, engineering processes, and software.
• Integration and test experience moving products through concept, prototyping, initial at-sea testing, and manufacturing or production refinement.
• Strong skills in physical phenomenology, including underwater acoustics, power grounding and EMI behaviors, hydrodynamics, RF, optics, thermal dissipation, and reliability.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 quality standards.
• Experience with DoD program management, contracts, budgets, and subcontractor oversight.
• Hands-on experience transitioning designs into products, from concept development to manufacturing.
• Strong systems engineering expertise, including requirements management, technical documentation development and control, and verification and validation.
• Knowledge of signal processing, embedded systems, power distribution, and control systems for maritime applications.
• Strong organizational and communications skills and habits.
• Proven ability to lead developmental projects from concept to working demonstration models and to develop, mentor, coach, and build staff technical acumen.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership across the project or program, leading technical disciplines in program execution and delivery of undersea systems.
• Lead and mentor the program engineering team, overseeing engineering discipline and alignment with systems engineering practices, including architecture, requirements allocation, and design integration.
• Manage engineering technical resources and technical authority to meet contractual requirements.
• Apply systems engineering principles and best practices to engineering development from concept development through life-cycle support.
• Act as the technical liaison between the engineering team and program management, supporting daily communications and tasking.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges; oversee root cause investigations; ensure technical documentation and configuration management are complete; and promote technical rigor and achievement of program requirements.
• Support business development and capture activities as a Solution Architect, including proposal writing and solution design.

What This Job Offers

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