This position is for a Chief Engineer Sr. Manager for the HIMARS Flex program in the Tactical Missiles Advanced Programs (TMAP) program area. The successful candidate will report to the TMAP Area Chief Engineer and be expected to work closely with other TMAP Chief Engineering staff members and the Advanced Programs (AP) Line of Business (LOB) Chief Engineer.
As the HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer you will be the engineering technical authority for the development of the HIMARS Flex Launcher. HIMARS Flex is a transformative evolution of the battle-proven HIMARS Launcher that delivers an Autonomy-enabled palletized Offensive/Defensive Launch System. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will be responsible for ensuring HIMARS Flex design and development efforts are in alignment with overarching Tactical Missiles Advanced Programs (TMAP) common launcher innovation strategies and emerging USG Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program of record requirements. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will partner with and collaborate closely with the TMAP Multi-Domain Launch Electronics (MDLE) Chief Engineer to integrate MDLE and associated Fire Control into the HIMARS Flex Launcher platform. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will ensure technical design integrity, oversee system performance, and maintain overall architecture throughout the product life cycle. You will additionally be responsible for ensuring HIMARS Flex efforts are adequately resourced, planned and executed consistent with MFC E&T expectations, guidance and applicable command media.
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- Ensuring the technical integrity of the product(s) to meet the customer's/user's needs within the program’s cost and schedule constraints
- Owning the technical baseline and technical issue resolution, and ensuring selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability
- Providing technical inputs to overall architecture and system performance including technical performance measurements and risk assessments
- Conducting reviews with customers & suppliers that identify and mitigate cost, technical, and schedule risks
- Ensuring early risk identification and mitigation, incorporation of lessons learned
- Investing in leader and employee development and critical skill bench strength
- Ability to communicate execution status, technical solutions and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and partner organizations.
- Partner with TMAP Chief Engineer to ensure overall technical rigor and adherence to engineering standards and processes to support the needs of customers
The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer is a decisive leader capable of the technical management and leadership of a growing team of engineers. You thrive in a rapid and dynamic, collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment and are committed to delivering best-in-class products and solutions
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM or Science Field from an accredited college or university
- 12+ years of experience
- Demonstrated experience leading rapid development of pre-production prototype systems
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience transitioning pre-production designs into production
- Demonstrated experience managing and leading multi-disciplinary technical teams with little oversight
- Demonstrated experience managing Technical, Cost, and Schedule performance
- Demonstrated experience developing close working relationships with internal Technical Leadership, IPTs, Functional Leadership and Customer Stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience developing engineering proposals, statements of work and associated engineering artifacts to capture new business
- Ability to travel to customer and supplier locations
- Must possess a DoD Secret Clearance to start
- Experience in designing, developing and integrating missile launcher systems
- Experience with HIMARS and M270 Launcher Systems
- Experience in integration of missile systems, subsystems and associated interfaces into launch platforms and systems (MFOM & PAC-3 MSE highly preferred)
- Experience in the development and/or integration of autonomous mobility
- Experience in executing rapid capability missile flight test demonstrations
- Experience leading teams across complex program structures
- Experience in the capabilities and use of AI to accelerate complex design and development efforts
- Experience in MBE design and leveraging LM Design Factory capabilities
- Experience in defining and implementing MOSA compliant system architectures
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $182500.00 - $338900.00
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Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM or science field from an accredited college or university
- 12 or more years of experience
- Experience leading rapid development of pre-production prototype systems
- Knowledge or experience transitioning pre-production designs into production
- Experience managing and leading multidisciplinary technical teams with little oversight
- Experience managing technical, cost, and schedule performance
- Experience developing working relationships with technical leadership, IPTs, functional leadership, and customer stakeholders
- Experience developing engineering proposals, statements of work, and engineering artifacts for new business
- Ability to travel to customer and supplier locations
- DoD Secret clearance at start
- Experience designing, developing, and integrating missile launcher systems
- Experience with HIMARS and M270 launcher systems
- Experience integrating missile systems, subsystems, and interfaces into launch platforms, including MFOM and PAC-3 MSE
- Experience developing or integrating autonomous mobility
- Experience executing rapid-capability missile flight-test demonstrations
- Experience leading teams across complex program structures
- Experience using AI to accelerate complex design and development efforts
- Experience with model-based engineering design and LM Design Factory capabilities
- Experience defining and implementing MOSA-compliant system architectures
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