Chief Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering discipline (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 15 years of demonstrated experience in aerospace product design and sustainment
• Experience with Defense products and customers
• Experience with leading UAS technical teams through the product lifecycle
• Experience with drawings and BOMs; Engineering Change systems; Quality systems for non-conforming parts and corrective action
• Experience in an Agile and Waterfall development environment
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
• Experience project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations
• Exceptional leadership and management skills
• Ability to build strong relationships within all disciplines within organization
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment in which resources may not be under your direct control
• Experience with product manufacturing and product configuration processes
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment
• Project Management Experience
• Experienced and proficient with MS Office applications and other office productivity tools
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Education / experience or aircraft subsystems in R&D environment is preferred
• Follows standard practices and procedures when analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Completes assigned tasks within schedule and budget
• Shares ideas and experiences with others, solicits feedback and asks relevant questions
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Team Player - Focuses on teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
• Inspires, motivates, and empowers people to deliver organizational goals, while also delivering value back to employees
• Direct experience with design or development in the Aerospace or Defense industries (UAVs or Military aviation preferred)
• Direct technical expertise in any of the following areas: Group 1, 2 or 3 UAS; Avionics, sensors, and RF-based data links; Radio frequency spectrum and modern communication systems; SIGINT technologies and sensors, including EO/IR optics; GPS navigation systems including DGPS, SAASM and M-Code; Aviation propulsion systems, including internal combustion and electric motors; OCONUS military operations
• Secret or Top Secret clearance, or the ability obtain a clearance is desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to ideate, conceptualize, develop, launch, and sustain products throughout the total product lifecycle.
• Work with Customers and Product Line Managers to develop concepts of operations which feed into product roadmaps to meet business objectives.
• Chair technical review boards.
• Drive technical requirements for any failure analysis and root cause corrective action activities.
• Serve as functional leader to a small and distinguished group of Product Line Chief Engineers (PLCE).
• Integrate new capabilities onto UAS platforms, requiring flow-down of requirements to lower-level systems.
• Project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations.
• Develop and communicate a vision that inspires and motivates staff and aligns with the business strategy.
• Build strong relationships within all disciplines within the organization.
• Influence and negotiate in an environment in which resources may not be under your direct control.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401K with company matching
• a 9/80 work schedule
• a paid holiday shutdown