Lead Product Engineer

Description

The Mission Applications group sits within the division and works with customers to create major mission impact through specialized application and deployment of the company's technology.

Group members understand mission and technology needs in national security. They focus on moving technology into operational use and bring skills in product management, UX product implementation, software integration and mission engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, and program management.

Group members join scientists and engineers from the company's research and development groups in dedicated product teams that speed the operational transition of new software.

The company is a growing technology firm with locations near Boston MA, Arlington VA, Dayton OH, Melbourne FL, Carlsbad CA, Atlanta GA, and Denver CO. It develops advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in cyber, next-generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and AI algorithms and analytics.

Responsibilities

• As lead product engineer, you take a concept from the product team through to a working mission application, overseeing the full product lifecycle, including design, testing, and refinement against strict standards for performance, reliability, and cost.
• Work with product, platform, mission engineers, and system architects to catch design flaws early, improve production efficiency, and match technical choices to end-user needs.
• Own software solutions to current operational problems.
• Build and test production software features, favoring simplicity, supportability, reliability, durability, and user experience.
• Move prototypes into production efficiently, scaling processes as you go.
• Triage issues, find root causes, and drive fixes that improve outcomes for users.
• Work with the product team and end users to turn needs into features, balancing user experience against engineering constraints.
• Encourage team collaboration around the trade-offs between functionality, user experience, and enabling technology.
• Commit to viable solutions delivered on timelines that suit the customer and the business.
• Work at pace to support contract delivery.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• Hold a BS in computer science or a related technical field, with at least 5 years of work experience.
• Have built high-quality features in production software.
• Care about user-centric interfaces and notice design details.
• Show strong proficiency in modern technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Python.
• Know performance-focused tools and techniques for rendering large datasets and building responsive, smooth interfaces.
• Adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies readily.
• Be organized and detail-oriented, able to work both independently and in a team.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across a wide range of technical comfort levels.
• Even Better: hold an active security clearance.
• Even Better: hold an advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or a related technical field.
• Even Better: have experience building production or enterprise-scale applications.
• Even Better: have experience using visual design tools to communicate ideas.
• Even Better: be fluent in software development best practices and use AI tools.
• Even Better: live near a company office in Carlsbad CA, Arlington VA, Woburn MA, Denver CO, or Honolulu HI.

Conditions

Full-time position with a salary range of $180,000 to $220,000, based on external market data.

Offers depend on factors such as experience, education, training, key and critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.

Hybrid setup: you may work remotely when the job does not require the company's facilities.

Positions require national security clearances and compliance with export control and other applicable laws.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and hires the most qualified candidate regardless of protected characteristics.