Project Lead Engineer

Overview

Mid-Level Lead Engineer

Location: Columbia, Maryland

Job Status: Full Time

Clearance: Secret

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000

System Engineering Group (SEG) LLC is seeking a Mid-Level Lead Engineer within the Missile Defense Agency Aegis BMD (MDA/AB) Portfolio. The candidate would serve as a technical focused project manager for the Glide Phase Intercept (GPI, MDA/ABR) program leading Weapon System related efforts. This requires close coordination with the government customers, national laboratories, and prime contractors. Position is located in Columbia, MD.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Must have an active Secret DoD security clearance and be able to maintain this clearance.  Eligibility requires US citizenship.
• BS Degree: Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math or similar STEM degree
• 5+ years of total relevant work experience
• 2+ years of experience leading projects and teams
• Proactive and self-motivating
• Flexible to adapt to the highly dynamic nature of the GPI program
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Experience developing and presenting briefing material

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Eligibility for TS/SCI and SAP access, and ability to maintain access
• MS degree in relevant discipline listed above
• 7+ years of total relevant work experience
• Demonstrated experience collaboratively working with government (Navy and MDA) and DoD contractors and national laboratories
• Familiarity with threat engineering including the digital design and characterization of threat missile systems from a trajectory, RF signature, IR signatures, CAD, phenomenology, EA/EP perspective
• Familiarity with RF/EO/IR sensor systems and their digital characterizations
• Familiarity with the systems engineering process
• Familiarity with project tracking software such as MS Project, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Knowledge of aerospace / defense systems technology domains
• Experience planning, scheduling, and leading small or medium technical projects
• Experience coordinating with managers and peers within a matrix organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Aid the SEG GPI Program Manager and Chief Engineer
• Lead major engineering projects within the GPI Weapon System portfolio
• Support GPI PM in development of annual Statements of Work inputs to the government
• Support requirements development and adjudication within the Element Specification and Missile TLR
• Coordinate with customers, laboratories, and prime contractors to shape work, where possible
• Personally support key working groups and ensure that appropriate SEG SMEs are invited to key discussions in their technical areas
• Directly contribute to all program milestones, TIMs, technical discussions
• Develop technical plans and oversee development by engineering staff
• Ensure projects are executed accurately, on time, and on budget
• Provide oversight, direction, and review for all products, documentation, and briefing material
• Develop and maintain project-level schedule in coordination with discipline leads
• Provide cross-coordination between multiple engineering disciplines (e.g., trajectory, RF, CAD, Design, etc.) and software teams to define tasking and develop consistent products
• Work with program management to ensure requirements are mapped to the appropriate technical group for the current funded efforts and a V&V plan is in place
• Lead internal and external milestone reviews for the project/customer
• Directly contribute to technical project development as required
• Provide input to the SEG technical roadmap
• Identify new capability development areas for the engineering directorate to improve support of customer needs and coordinate efforts with technical branches
• Ensure SEG engineering vision, standards and philosophy are applied to all development efforts
• Travel anticipated at 5 percent of time or less

The candidate must be a US citizen and have a background that would permit the U.S. Department of Defense to issue a Secret clearance