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Job Title:Airborne Systems Senior Engineering Manager - Program Technical Leadership
Work Type:Work Days: Work Vary: Yes , Shift: Other, Hours Per Week: 40, Work Type: Regular
 
Salary Offered:$219,320.00 - $232,000.00 Yearly
Benefits:Unspecified.
 
Physical Required:Unspecified
Drug Testing Required:Unspecified
Education Required:Bachelor's Degree
Experience Required:Unspecified
 
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Job Description:
Basic Qualifications
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position
Job Description
Basic QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Engineering [or equivalent experience], plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations. Must have leadership experience, including day to day management of development and production programs; budget, cost and scheduling management; as well as people management. Clearance Requirements: Department of Defense Secret security clearance must be obtainable within a reasonable amount of time from hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position
General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Engineering Manager of Program Technical Leadership for the Airborne Systems (AS) Business Area which is under the Land & Air Systems (L&AS) Line of Business (LoB). The successful candidate will be a member of the AS Leadership Team, and report directly to the Director of Engineering for AS. You will be responsible for enhancing the performance, strategy and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation's fundamental defense services. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.
Airborne Systems, a business area within the General Dynamics Mission Systems company, is a high-tech business focusing on hardware and software system design and integration, cutting-edge research and development, and manufacturing. We are a technology leader in numerous areas including rapid technology insertion, airborne mission computers, signal processing, stores management and tactical network storage, cyber security, environmental survivability, and high reliability systems. In this role, you will be required to manage the engineering leaders of programs to architect, design, test, and provide production support of current and next generation airborne system solutions for the Department of Defense. The successful SEM candidate will provide expert leadership and guidance at all levels of the engineering organization and demonstrate the ability to contribute in a meaningful technical capacity to engineering tasking while managing the organizational needs of and ensuring performance excellence of a mid-sized engineering team of senior technical program leaders.
As the SEM, you will work with Program Managers, Chief Engineer, and program engineering leads to make critical decisions on architecture, design, and technology choices and be the technical beacon for the organization, working with cross functional teams to ensure that customer requirements are correctly analyzed, system requirements are developed and allocated to lower levels (subsystem, elements, and components), and plans for verification and validation are fully defined and executed. You will collaborate with external stakeholders and across your functional teams to resolve issues and recommend solutions to ensure that the system meets requirements with the performance needed for deployment.
Job Responsibilities
Below are key responsibilities of the Airborne Systems Senior Engineering Manager- Program Technical Leadership
Responsible for all Program technical leadership (DPMEs and Architecture) execution for the AS engineering department
Responsible for reviews of all Program technical leadership (DPMEs and Architecture) program bids and proposals for the AS engineering department
Responsible for the technical leadership, staffing and development of DPMEs and Architects for the AS engineering department
Demonstrate a high-level ability to understand and apply project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM) to train staff and mentor program technical leadership
Leadership experience in growing teams of program technical leaders including DPMEs and Architects
Lead and mentor a group of Technical Managers that have 10-20 direct reports each
Lead and mentor a group of highly-technical lead engineers on process improvement initiatives, coordinating and setting direction for the group.
Conduct Senior management reviews to determine status and drive success in execution
Responsible for managing the activities of people, including staffing and organization development, performance and disciplinary issues, salary planning etc.
May also be responsible for hire/fire decisions
Review's status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
Responsibilities include both planning and execution and/or coordinates team member assignments for division level functional organization and builds and maintains the team's functional capabilities
Provides technical input to Project or Engineering Management in linking task-related strategy to achieve business goals
Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives
Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, and/or customers
Provides proposal teaming recommendation to shore up any shortcomings for optimum win probabilities
Determines and implements the organizational training needs in accordance with the requirements of the technical domain
Ensures that engineers are active in developing risk mitigation plans and managing risk profiles
Ensures process compliance of all engineering activity in areas of responsibility
Drives a culture continuous improvement throughout the department
Accountable for engineering program execution, cost control, and technical performance across all programs within Business area
Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering efforts within assigned program/product areas across the business area
Relevant engineering experience in support of, or direct execution of, complex DoD required. Experience with tactical Airborne hardware, software and systems as well as a breadth of engineering knowledge and skills, applicable across the product lifecycle is desirable
Support key technical initiatives and/or problem resolution
Extensive engagement with all levels of engineering program teams to identify risks, staffing issues, deviations to contractual scope and ensure appropriate mitigation efforts
Experience leading multi-functional Hardware/product development teams
Collaborate across the Business Area and share resources where necessary, proactively anticipating needs
Close collaboration with BD and... For full info follow application link.

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