Manager, Systems Engineering

Role Overview

• Supervise areas of system engineering execution of the Product Development Process (PDP) and applicable processes and procedures across various programs.
• Set the strategic vision of system engineering and drive tactical initiatives via other department managers/supervisors and key individual contributors.
• Bridge inter-system engineering areas and develop seamless interfaces with non-system engineering functions.
• Define and manage overall department metrics to determine and drive continuous improvement activities within Systems Engineering and overall Engineering Department as applicable.
• Hire, train, and develop system engineering resources to meet program demands.
• Deliver improvements in engineering quality through application of best practices in Systems Engineering: System Architecture/Design, Integration & Testing.
• As necessary, lead overall systems engineering activities (e.g., key programs, red programs) and have tangible impact on program executions.
• Goal for this role is to charge direct program work for at least 50% of the time.
• Evaluate overall systems project risks and facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution with program and functional leadership.
• Drive out of the box thinking to meet difficult engineering schedule milestone goals.
• Introduce and drive new technologies and tools such as MBSE and Digital Engineering.
• Be MBSE SME in front of the customer and gain efficiencies in executions using this approach.
• Prepare definition of task scope and job cost estimation for system engineering activities in project proposals.
• Ability to provide solid justifications from appropriate actuals for all bids related to systems engineering.
• Ability to coach, mentor and build relationships.
• Ability to travel up to 10% approx.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline and minimum 9 years of prior related experience, or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
• At least 5 years of experience leading teams of 5 or more engineers, managing their efforts including budget and scheduling of activities.
• Experience with all aspects of SEIT and product development best practices and their applications given program needs.
• Experience in managing technical programs and facilitating team activities.
• Experience with building and hiring teams, including recruiting, interviewing and identifying talent.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering hands on experience in Aerospace & Defense, and experience using MBSE modeling software such as Cameo.
• Experience with Integration & Testing Planning and Execution.
• Experience in identifying and driving continuous improvement activities within the system engineering domain and applications given program needs.
• Experience in integrated product teams.
• Experience in creating and successfully executing against the SE BoEs.
• Active US DoD Secret Clearance.

Benefits

• health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• parental leave
• paid time off
• company-paid holidays