As a Chief Engineer you will play a pivotal role in providing technical leadership, guidance, and oversight throughout the product development lifecycle. You will be responsible for maintaining technical baselines, ensuring consistency across multiple programs, and providing input on technical investment needs and staffing forecasts. Additionally, you will review and approve proposals and provide operational guidance to project engineers.
Responsibilities:Technical Leadership
- Provide technical guidance and oversight throughout the product lifecycle, from concept design to final release.
Technical Baseline Management
- Develop and maintain product line technical baselines that support multiple programs, ensuring consistency, continuity, and configuration control.
Project Oversight
- Oversee and manage technology projects, ensuring alignment with business unit strategy and customer requirements.
Proposal Review
- Review and approve proposal technical and cost volumes to ensure alignment with company standards and customer expectations.
Operational Guidance
- Provide operational guidance to Project Engineers, ensuring technical alignment and project goal achievement.
Customer Interface
- Interface with customers to shape requirements and provide technical support during early pursuit phases.
Technical Reviews
- Support program and technical reviews, providing guidance on technical solution synthesis.
- Collaborate with international suppliers, vendors, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with ITAR, airworthiness, and other global requirements.
Qualifications You Must Have:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, or a related field.
- 14+ years of engineering experience with at least 8+ years in a leadership role.
- Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
- Thorough understanding of all phases of design lifecycle management to include requirements, design, integration, test, and sustainment.
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of industry best practices and techniques for program management, science, and engineering programs.
- Possess advanced technical knowledge and experience; working knowledge of industry trends and historical context.
- Proven ability to work with department-level business leaders and to provide leadership within the workplace.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in verbal and written forms; ability to tailor conversations to adapt to technical vs. non-technical audiences.
- Prior experience developing and maintaining product line technical baselines that support multiple programs, ensuring consistency, continuity, and configuration control.
- Experience developing technical proposals and cost volumes.
- Ability to support program and technical reviews, and provide guidance to staff on technical solution synthesis.
- An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret U.S. clearance with SCI eligibility.
Qualifications We Prefer:- Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 8-10 years relevant leadership and/or project management experience.
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations in the Aerospace and Defense sector.
- Experience with advanced engineering tools and methodologies.
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of requirements management, validation and verification processes.
- Proven success leading systems integration projects on complex aerospace platforms including commercial derivative aircraft
- Proven leadership abilities inclusive of successful change management, mentoring, career development, training, succession planning, holding people accountable, and conducting yearly reviews.
- Proven experience and skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, presentation, and strategic thinking.
- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts and understand complex technical and program interdependencies.
- Previous management experience; ability to recruit employees; assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee staffing development and maintenance.
- Demonstrated passion for ideation and innovation, as well as motivating others to act by creating a shared sense of vision or purpose.
- Possess a strategic mindset, linking technology and business.
- Team oriented with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry, the US Department of Defense (Civilian), NASA/Civil or commercial space and/or US Military, with an understanding of defense, aerospace, intelligence, and adjacent markets.
- Experience with U.S. Army airworthiness requirements.
- Experience with U.S. Army cybersecurity accreditation process.
Essential Functions:- Ability to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.
- Prolonged periods of working on a computer.
- Hand and finger dexterity for computer use.
- Occasional travel to customer or field locations may be required.
- Capability to work in potentially hazardous environments when visiting project sites.
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: $201,369.04 - $276,882.42. 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.
