Partner with the Program Element and Segment Executives, Global Supply Chain, Mission Assurance, Office of the Chief Engineer, and lead a cross-functional technical team of various systems engineering disciplines managing major supplier efforts focusing on technical excellence and technical rigor.
Lead the technical oversite for Aerojet as the main engineering point of contact for the Program.
Develop Aerojet Statements of Work (SSOW) through collaboration with key technical and programmatic stakeholders.
Assists Program and Supplier Management Team Lead (SMTL) in generating technical content for Aerojet Request for Information (RFIs) / Request for Proposals (RFPs) / etc.
Responsible for Aerojet proposal technical evaluations and supports program and supplier management team lead (SMTL) in negotiations.
Review and approve Aerojet’s technical subcontractor deliverables (SDRLs) with guidance from applicable cross functional program Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
Partner with the SMTL to align Aerojet technical objectives within program cost and schedule constraints.
Establish and track technical goals and commitments for Aerojet to drive maturity and ensure high-quality execution.
Manage and mitigate technical execution risks by monitoring Aerojet technical performance against metrics and addressing identified capability gaps.
Oversee and maintain the SMT technical action item tracker to facilitate communication and accountability with Aerojet.

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 14 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 10 years of related engineering experience.
10 years Design and Manufacturing experience in Propulsion.
Experience working with technology Aerojet supports. For example, aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads.
Experience with the systems engineering “V” and different phases of the acquisition lifecycle including requirements development to acceptance testing.
Experience in managing a technical baseline.
Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).

Aerojet SMT Technical Lead

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