AWACS Lead Project Engineer

Description

The company's Mobility, Surveillance & Bombers organization in Defense, Space & Security is hiring an AWACS Lead Project Engineer in Oklahoma City, OK.

You will act as Integrated Product Team lead, supporting the program and the Chief Engineer.

The role brings teams together to hit key milestones and manages cost and schedule through Earned Value Management (EVM).

Work spans the Mission Systems/Ground & Training, Air Vehicle, and Product Support IPTs on the AWACS program.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering leadership and technical integration across the Mission Systems, Air Vehicle, and Product Support IPTs.
• Write statements of work covering research and development as well as ongoing and new business needs.
• Review engineering change requests that affect MS, AV, or PS before the Chief Engineering Council, and coordinate the technical content of AV ECR packages.
• Coordinate suppliers on multi-disciplinary integration, such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), structures, and mechanical systems.
• Support requirement decomposition and allocation for AV teams, including certification requirements, plans, and Certification Plan Work Sheet (CPWS) coordination.
• Coordinate Flight/Test Mission Assurance Readiness Reviews (F/TMARR) for AV teams.
• Drive integration between the AV team and supporting teams.
• Develop AV proposals and make sure Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and Estimate at Completion (EAC) technical scope are well integrated.
• Support supplier design reviews, knowing the equipment or component owner leads each review.
• Break down functional, logical, and physical requirements for systems and subsystems across MS, AV, and PS disciplines.
• Work with customers and management to secure approval.
• Respond to SOW changes, assess their impact, and negotiate changes to deliverables, resources, costs, and schedules.
• Lead project execution to complete the work statement.
• Define performance metrics.
• Plan, identify, and coordinate resources across the life of the project or program.
• Define risk mitigation and opportunity plans.
• Compare actual results to the baseline plan to assess performance, efficiency, productivity, and lessons learned.
• Provide technical, business, and integration leadership for project or team plans.
• Work under minimal direction.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret clearance is required after start.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a non-US equivalent, directly related to the work statement.
• 3+ years integrating designs from multi-skill teams (electrical, mechanical, software).
• 5+ years in multi-discipline engineering project management.
• Must meet U.S. export control rules, which require a 'U.S. Person' as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62: a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
• Preferred: experience working across a team with multiple skill areas, internal and external resources, and customers.
• Preferred: experience with complex systems development and integration.
• Preferred: experience leading project execution to complete the work statement.
• Preferred: experience implementing and maintaining systems engineering tools, schedules, and metrics.
• Preferred: experience with Model Based Engineering.
• Preferred: experience with EVM.
• Preferred: troubleshooting engineering skills.

Conditions

100% onsite at the listed location in Oklahoma City, OK.

Shift 1 (United States of America).

Not a safety sensitive position.

Not contingent upon program award.

No visa sponsorship is offered.

Successful candidates must pass the company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment.

Drug-free workplace: applicants and employees may be tested for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met under company policy.

No language requirements.

Benefits

• Total Rewards package with competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Program availability depends on factors such as location, hire date, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Pay reflects experience, qualifications, and market and business considerations.
• Relocation offered based on candidate eligibility.
• If you hold an engineering degree from an ABET-accredited Oklahoma college or university and do not currently work in the Oklahoma aerospace sector, you may qualify for a $5000 Oklahoma state tax credit for up to five years.