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Prepare and monitor program budgets and schedules, perform financial and variance analyses, maintain expenditure records, develop EVM artifacts (WBS, baseline, ETC), support audits and customer reviews, and submit funding requests to ensure contract compliance.

Lead systems engineering for aeronautics programs: design, CAD modeling, tooling and fixture development, requirements management, DFM/DFA, testing, supplier coordination, risk mitigation, and documentation across the full product lifecycle.

Support proposal development and cost estimating/pricing for government contracts: compile cost, schedule, and technical data; build cost models; participate in should-cost/pricing reviews, audits, negotiations, and contract negotiations support.

Develop, deploy, automate, maintain, and troubleshoot software infrastructure for safety-critical aviation systems. Participate in full software lifecycle, CI/CD, automated testing, build/release/deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while meeting program security and clearance requirements.

Maintain and enhance onsite Linux and Windows systems and infrastructure for the National Space Intelligence Center. Ensure availability, security, and integrity of the operating environment; troubleshoot issues; support network, storage (SAN/NAS), backups, hardware, and firmware upgrades; write scripts for automation; collaborate with stakeholders and grow administrative capabilities.

Manage Mission Software cost accounts and lead a functional homeroom (~10 engineers). Own EACs, cost health checks, variances, risks, change board packages, rolling waves, and leadership presentations. Support proposals, staffing forecasts, mentoring, Agile/SDLC practices, software integration/testing, and department-level engineering initiatives. On-site role with occasional travel.

Serve as Chief Engineer for the Mission Defense IPT, ensuring certifiability for surety and cyber, directing technical development across design, test, and delivery, overseeing system design reviews, integrating plans into the IMS, managing technical risk, and liaising between engineering, program management, manufacturing, and customers.

Manage a Melbourne-based flight test instrumentation engineering team overseeing staffing, test readiness, schedules, budgets, proposals, and performance. Lead technical activities, drive team engagement, present status to senior leadership, and ensure cost, schedule, and technical performance while supporting program affordability and knowledge retention.

Design, develop, and document laboratory test stations and mechanical/electromechanical systems. Review and modify design documents, generate and track BOMs and schedules, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, develop and execute Acceptance Test Procedures, and integrate laboratory systems using mechanical design tools and test equipment.

Manage a 15-person Specialty Engineering team supporting reliability, safety, contamination, radiation hardness, PM&P, and EMI/C for space and ground systems. Allocate resources to programs, maintain processes, mentor staff, support program technical needs (85% program support), and lead cross-discipline interfaces and supplier management.