Chief Engineer - SEIT Lead

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations - with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

SNC has led thoughtful and disruptive change in the aerospace and defense industry for the past 60 years and now, we're applying this tenacity and expertise to the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) mission. Join the SNC-led SAOC team and be a part of exciting and meaningful work to modernize and deliver the next-generation SAOC aircraft trusted by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies. If you're passionate about building the airborne command post of the future, consider SNC for your next mission. Learn more about NC3 and SAOC here.

Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! As a Systems, Engineering, Integration, & Test (SEIT) Chief Engineer you will guide systems engineering across all program Integrated Product Teams and during the full life cycle of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program. The SEIT Chief Engineer will coordinate complex system designs across all program IPTs, leading a team of engineers and subcontracts through the system engineering process. This will require high coordination with internal teams, SMEs, program management, customer representatives, and subcontractors.

Your duties will also include developing reference architectures, beginning with logical and working with Integrated Product Teams to define the physical architecture, allocating requirements to architecture elements, deriving requirements to drive details into the model, creating and refining modeling standards and design patterns, distributing model elements to internal and external teams with merge model elements back into the baseline. You will also be responsible for the leading the teams over System Integration lab, FAA and MIL certification process and artifacts, Test and customer sell off events, Configuration Management, and Cyber Security. Additionally, you will coordinate with the customer engineering team, internal team, and suppliers.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, System Engineering or related technical discipline and typically 14+ years of experience. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Demonstrated knowledge of multidisciplinary engineering principles and practices
• Prior experience leading a team of engineers and the programs they are managing; ability to recruit employees; assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee career development, succession planning, performance management, coaching, mentoring, as well as holding people accountable
• Experience directing the preparation of proposals, business plans, specifications, and approves basis of estimates and rough order of magnitudes for potential pursuits and ensuring all resources such as engineering, manpower, production and facilities are available to support the program
• Demonstrated working knowledge of managing the cost, schedule and technical performance requirements of multiple programs through all phases from inception to completion
• Responsible for high-level relationship management internally (executive leadership, peers, support functions, and subordinates) and external customers; Interact internally with leaders and customers on business matters and partners with functional leadership towards success and continuous improvement
• Ability to manage complex situations, delegate authority, lead and inspire your team, drive innovative thinking, instill collaboration, drive for success, challenge status quo and demonstrate ability to adapt to dynamic situations
• Proven experience and skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, strategic thinking, marketing, and literacy in the program management disciplines
• Experience in working and leading large design and development teams
• Thorough understanding of requirements management, systems design and integration, technical risk identification and management, and Verification and Validation principles
• Practical knowledge of industry standard system engineering design principles, requirements management approaches, Traditional Systems Engineering and Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) approaches
• Earned Value Management experience
• Understanding of ITAR, licensing, and compliance requirements
• An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Typically 8-10 years of relevant leadership and/or project management experience
• Advanced Experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such Jama, Dassault 3DX, Cameo, Dymola, MATLAB, ARM risk management tool.
• Experience with government open system standards such as OMS, FACE, CMOSS,
• Experience with model data management and configuration management tools and processes with large distributed models coordinated across multiple sites and suppliers.
• Experienced in the application of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288
• INCOSE CSEP/ESEP Certification
• Extensive background in assessing and addressing Aerospace and Defense System Complexity and System Integration challenges
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team through system baseline definition and maturation exercises in a complex development setting
• Experience in executing high-impact trade studies
• Thorough understanding of establishing, tracking, and addressing key programmatic risks
• Extensive experience with mission systems that included RF communications networks, audio and Visual Systems, NC3 mission systems, virtualization, and multi-enclave technologies
• Virtualization architectures including Virtual Machines and Containerization technologies

This posting will be open for application for a minimum of 5 days and may be extended based on business needs.

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $221,505.94 - $304,570.67. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, such as candidates' key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires current/active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We're known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation's most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.