Manager Systems Engineering 3

Description

Onsite management role in the Engineering and Sciences group of the Navigation, Intelligence and Connectivity division of the company's Mission Systems business.

You will lead the business execution engineering homeroom for the Cyber and Intelligence Solutions business unit, covering the Xetron and CCS operating units, and report to the E&S director for that organization.

The job splits about evenly between program and capture work and functional homeroom duties. You will manage managers across about 30 technical leaders in E100 roles, with direct and dotted-line staff including front-line managers and senior technical staff.

The company builds secure, affordable, integrated, multi-domain systems and technologies for security missions.

Responsibilities

• Provide people leadership for E100 technical leaders, such as chief engineers, SEIT and EPM leads, IPT leads and architects, covering development, mentoring, coaching, staffing, engagement, retention and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to Xetron/CCS programs and captures while keeping them tied to the department's people duties.
• Help the BEE director keep planning, technical baselines, cost and schedule control, metrics and issue resolution consistent across engineering work.
• Grow technical leaders so the business succeeds.
• Run the department's administration, including indirect budgets, process improvements, staffing, workload forecasts and EWW.
• Work with business and functional leaders to allocate resources and balance competing demands across a varied customer base.
• Work with discipline engineers to share practices and speed adoption of Sector standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related field with 8 years of experience, or a master's degree with 6 years of experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in cyber (offensive or defensive), non-kinetic, cryptography or related mission areas.
• Proven technical leadership as a SEIT or EPM lead, chief engineer, IPT lead, system architect or equivalent, across several capture or program lifecycle phases.
• Working knowledge of program execution, technical baseline management, staffing, engineering metrics, and training resources, processes and tools.
• Experience leading diverse technical teams spread across several locations.
• Experience with engineering leadership processes and tailoring.
• Strong technical problem-solving, including root cause analysis and solution development.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain an SCI.
• Ability to work onsite full time at or near a Xetron/CCS location, such as Cincinnati, OH or Annapolis Junction, MD.
• Demonstrated ability to lead by the company's values and leadership behaviors.
• Preferred: active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Preferred: advanced knowledge and experience in cyber (offensive or defensive), non-kinetic, cryptography or related mission areas.
• Preferred: demonstrated use of AI tools and processes to improve efficiency, quality or scale.
• Preferred: experience executing SAARRs, independent reviews and non-advocate reviews.

Conditions

Onsite full time at a Xetron/CCS location, which may be Cincinnati, OH or Annapolis Junction, MD, among others.

Travel up to 25% of the time.

Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Primary level base salary range is $159,500.00 to $263,200.00. This is a general guideline, and the offer depends on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date and may close earlier or later depending on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Health plan, savings plan, paid time off and company paid holidays.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Education assistance, training and development.
• 9/80 work schedule where available.
• Flexibility to choose benefits that fit you and your family.
• Depending on the position, possible overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contributions and company results.
• Vice president and director roles may be eligible for long-term incentives.