Project Engineer / Deputy Chief Engineer

L3HHCM20•City of Rochester, NY

About The Position

The Deputy Chief Engineer/Engineering Project Owner is a vitally important role, working alongside the Chief Engineer, sharing accountability for managing radio products to deliver solutions aligned with business goals and customers’ critical missions. The Deputy Chief Engineer/Engineering Project Owner will share responsibilities with the Chief Engineer for technical and managerial leadership over the product via successful execution of assigned projects assuring product deliverables in accordance with established capability, budget, schedule, and quality commitments from product conception to end of life. The role of a Deputy Chief Engineer is to gain experience across the following Essential Functions, growing into a role of a Chief Engineer taking on overall responsibilities of a product/system. Essential Functions: Driving strategic direction of products and services, including defining product roadmaps and capability sets in collaboration with Product Line Management and Program Management Partnering with Program Management to ensure the technical, schedule and cost targets of assigned programs are properly defined and met Overseeing product development for IRAD/EAID projects and Government programs by developing Integrated Project Plans (IPP) with the Integrated Project Team from creation through approval. The IPP documents the scope, budget and baselined schedule, defines team and project roles/responsibilities, and identifies issues and risks. Following the IPP approval, monitoring progress, guiding the team through the execution of all required tasking, including technical content, cost, schedule, and deliverables of assigned projects and programs Engaging and working closely with Engineering functional leads (Hardware/ Software/ Systems/ Integration & Test) to ensure accountability in meeting established commitments and deadlines Enabling value engineering, product commonality, reuse, cross-product alignment, and scalability via effective collaboration with various product leadership teams Driving engineering productivity performance improvements by providing inputs into project management processes, tools, and metric collection methodologies Assuming ownership of product quality, costs, yield improvements, and work in progress (WIP) Delivering solutions to product obsolescence and critical part shortages Capturing of new business opportunities by supporting customer interchanges, product briefings / demonstrations, pursuits and proposals, identifying Engineering scope, partnering with functional teams on Basis of Estimates, and reviewing the bid with the Engineering leadership team Assisting Portfolio Chief Engineer with planning for IRAD technology development, implementing product sustainment initiatives, introducing new products/systems to the factory, and preparing for status briefings in support of organizational objectives and commitments. Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant engineering development and project leadership experience.
Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

Domain knowledge (hardware, software, project management) and experience with tactical radio products
Self-starter, ability to work independently, show strong judgment, be decisive, and work with others to drive towards a common solution
Leadership capability to guide multi-functional engineering teams without formal supervisory role
Demonstrated experience managing products through design, development, integration and test phases including Technical, Cost, Schedule, Risk
Exemplary planning and management skills
Ability to articulate key message summaries to business executives
Ability to learn new skills, meet deadlines, embrace new technologies, and follow process
Experience with Earned Value Management System
Experience working in DevOps or Agile environments, be familiar with continuous integration concepts, and establish quality assurance benchmarks

Responsibilities

Driving strategic direction of products and services, including defining product roadmaps and capability sets in collaboration with Product Line Management and Program Management
Partnering with Program Management to ensure the technical, schedule and cost targets of assigned programs are properly defined and met
Overseeing product development for IRAD/EAID projects and Government programs by developing Integrated Project Plans (IPP) with the Integrated Project Team from creation through approval.
Following the IPP approval, monitoring progress, guiding the team through the execution of all required tasking, including technical content, cost, schedule, and deliverables of assigned projects and programs
Engaging and working closely with Engineering functional leads (Hardware/ Software/ Systems/ Integration & Test) to ensure accountability in meeting established commitments and deadlines
Enabling value engineering, product commonality, reuse, cross-product alignment, and scalability via effective collaboration with various product leadership teams
Driving engineering productivity performance improvements by providing inputs into project management processes, tools, and metric collection methodologies
Assuming ownership of product quality, costs, yield improvements, and work in progress (WIP)
Delivering solutions to product obsolescence and critical part shortages
Capturing of new business opportunities by supporting customer interchanges, product briefings / demonstrations, pursuits and proposals, identifying Engineering scope, partnering with functional teams on Basis of Estimates, and reviewing the bid with the Engineering leadership team
Assisting Portfolio Chief Engineer with planning for IRAD technology development, implementing product sustainment initiatives, introducing new products/systems to the factory, and preparing for status briefings in support of organizational objectives and commitments.
Ability to obtain a US security clearance