Deputy Chief Engineer

Are you a leader of leaders? Are you passionate about developing those working for you? Do you think about technology as a way to transform our nation’s capabilities and our engagement with customers? Are you an Engineer that lives to solve problems? Do you want to lead a world class technical team of skilled engineering teams? We are looking for an Deputy Chief Engineer that shares our passion for developing people, building cool technology, willing to be fearless, obsessed about simplification, technical excellence and tackling complexity head on.

This position has an incredibly unique vantage point at the intersection of R&D business, technology and product.

The ARFS Deputy Chief Engineer will serve as a senior member of the technical staff responsible for establishing and maintaining technical execution excellence for the Advanced RF Systems Division. Reporting to the Division Chief Engineer, the Deputy CE should be a self-starter, motivated, and qualified candidate who has relevant experience leading technical execution of complex defense programs that have a national importance.  While the Deputy CE will have visibility across the ARFS division, their primary responsibility will be for technical execution on the program(s) within the portfolio to which they are assigned.

The ARFS Deputy Chief Engineer duties will include:

• Oversees and drives the daily technical execution and team tasking of the cradle-to-grave engineering to assure quality, safety, and engineering soundness & rigor that balances with the cost, schedule and requirements goals outlined in the contracts.
• Controls the technical baseline of the program(s) to which they are assigned.
• Ensures developmental programs employ tailored levels of process and paperwork, but not at the expense of creative engineering, agile prototyping, or a culture of innovation.
• Establishes short term, prioritized task lists and sprint schedules with technical staff, provides team technical tasking and prioritization, monitors technical performance, and reports status back to CE/PM.
• Develops and adapts program technical execution plan and provides inputs to PM team to support schedule development, updates and milestone schedule progress.
• Reviews and must approve any program schedule or plan as well as key changes (a) at the time of proposal or (b) during program execution.
• Ensures technical design meets program requirements, through simulation and modeling review, test and measurement data review, and customer communication with Technical Interchange Meetings
• Ensure technical accuracy and quality of all CDRL / program technical status reports to customer, presents technical status to customer, and participates in all routine customer status and coordination meetings.
• Conducts weekly or bi-weekly feedback/pulse checks with the technical staff to ensure team alignment, identify issues, formulate mitigations/enhancements and evaluate programmatic impact. Report these in aggregate form to Portfolio Manager and Division Chief Engineer.
• Collaborate with the Division Chief Engineer and Portfolio Manager to establish the appropriate risk position for the program(s) they are responsible for, work with the team to identify risks and opportunities and plans to mitigate/capture. Ensure new risks or opportunities are clearly communicated to the Portfolio Manager and Division Chief Engineer.
• For new captures to which they are assigned, the Deputy Chief Engineer is responsible for developing a winning technical baseline, establishing the technical plan for the proposed effort, and overseeing the creation of the proposal Tech Volume.
• Creates favorable culture to increase productivity, sound engineering, and innovation
• Establishes regular, agile technical peer review process across team to check and validate design changes as well as design elements that trace to critical performance requirements.
• Provides technical mentoring to rising technical leaders

 

Competencies
• Strong Leadership
• Broad Systems Engineering perspective with technical depth in at least one discipline
• Ethical Conduct
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Structured Problem Solving
• Critical and Strategic Thinking
• Organizational Skills
• Self-Starter
• Strong Communication Skills
• Time Management
• Commitment
• Demonstrated Team Player

 

Supervisory Responsibility
While this role has no direct personnel responsibilities, the Deputy CE is responsible for daily technical supervision and tasking of IPT leads and technical staff on the program(s) to which they are assigned, as well as to provide real-time performance feedback as well as input to employees' formal personal development process.

 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are nominally Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. This position regularly requires long hours and weekend work.

Travel Occasionally

Primary Location: BH Albuquerque Office

• BS degree in an engineering field
• 10+ years of relevant experience within an engineering field
• 5+ years of engineering team leadership experience
• A U.S. Citizen able to obtain and maintain a US Department of Defense Security Clearance
• Excellent communication skills including speaking, writing, and listening, such that ideas and information are clearly conveyed, and meaning is obtained
• Experience evaluating performance on current and previous awards regarding engineering, research and development, subcontracts, costs, and profit
Preferred Education and Experience
• MS degree in an engineering field
• Experience with US Department of Defense
• A current, active US Department of Defense Security Clearance

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