Project Lead Engineer

Overview

Mid-Level Lead Engineer

Location: Columbia, Maryland

Job Status: Full Time

Clearance: Secret

Salary: $1 1 0,000 - $ 130 ,000

System Engineering Group (SEG) LLC is seeking a M id- L evel 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, nati onal 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 th is 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 characterization s • Familiarity with the systems engineering process • Familiarity with project tracking software such as MS P roject, 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 e nsure 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