Senior Technical Director (TS/SCI w/Poly)

Parsons Corporation • Columbia, MD

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About The Position

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Technical Director to join our team! What You'll Be Doing: Technical Input & Leadership Provide technical input and leadership for electronics packaging efforts including fabrication and integration of custom microelectronics, novel packaging and RF solutions, and evolving customer requirements Provide technical direction for internal and external design reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.) Own and contribute to RFIs, RFPs, proposals, white papers, and marketing materials Support roadmap development for future capabilities, advising on technology trades, risk, and design re-use across multiple programs Payload Design & Integration Design, develop, and integrate RF space payload hardware from the board level through subsystem level for small satellite platforms Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams of RF, digital signal processing, electrical, and mechanical subject matter experts to develop cohesive payload designs, facilitating technical trade studies and design reviews to ensure seamless integration across all subsystem domains End-to-End Hardware Ownership Own the full hardware lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, build, integration, verification, validation, and delivery for flight Generate and maintain design documentation such as block diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), test plans, test reports, and build records Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis activities for hardware issues discovered during integration and test

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI + Polygraph is required for consideration
• Bachelor's degree in related or engineering discipline
• 10+ years of experience working with multidisciplinary, technical teams; additional experience will be considered in lieu of degree requirement
• Experience leading and supporting formal and informal proposal efforts and whitepapers
• Demonstrated experience with space payload design, assembly, integration, and test, including RF payloads or related spaceborne subsystems
• Proven ability to take hardware from concept through detailed design, prototyping, integration, environmental test, and flight delivery as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience working with or within formal engineering processes, including configuration management, requirements management, and design review cycles
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in a fast-paced, hands-on lab and integration environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a technical lead or subsystem lead on flight hardware
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Confluence) for project and task management
• Experience staffing cleared programs and managing technical talent
• Familiarity with small satellite platforms (e.g., ESPA-class, CubeSat, or small GEO/MEO/LEO payloads).
• Experience with radiation analysis, parts selection/derating, and reliability engineering for space
• Master's degree in engineering discipline

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input and leadership for electronics packaging efforts including fabrication and integration of custom microelectronics, novel packaging and RF solutions, and evolving customer requirements
• Provide technical direction for internal and external design reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)
• Own and contribute to RFIs, RFPs, proposals, white papers, and marketing materials
• Support roadmap development for future capabilities, advising on technology trades, risk, and design re-use across multiple programs
• Design, develop, and integrate RF space payload hardware from the board level through subsystem level for small satellite platforms
• Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams of RF, digital signal processing, electrical, and mechanical subject matter experts to develop cohesive payload designs, facilitating technical trade studies and design reviews to ensure seamless integration across all subsystem domains
• Own the full hardware lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, build, integration, verification, validation, and delivery for flight
• Generate and maintain design documentation such as block diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), test plans, test reports, and build records
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis activities for hardware issues discovered during integration and test

What This Job Offers

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