Job Summary:The Mercury Systems Integrated Processing Solutions (IPS) Business Unit is committed to delivering industry leading mission critical processing solutions at the edge to our customers and warfighters, and we have a great opportunity for you to join the team as an Expert Engineering Project Lead (EPL). In this role you will be relied upon to lead cross-functional integrated engineering teams to develop the technical solutions our customers depend on, ensuring that the execution is in alignment with budget and schedule commitments.
Job Responsibilities:- Ensure the Engineering Integrated Product Team (comprised of Mechanical, Electrical, Software/Firmware, Systems, Integration, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering disciplines) delivers technical solutions that meet challenging requirements, on time, and on budget.
- Serve as the Engineering Leader representing the team to our customers, Program and Business Unit leadership, and internal cross-functional organizations (Chief Engineering, Engineering Functional Discipline Leadership, Operations, Program Management, Product Management, Finance, Growth).
- Develop project plans (Integrated Master Schedule), Execute resource planning and manage engineering staffing, allocation and management of budgets / control accounts, ensure performance against budget, schedule, technical requirements, develop strategies to manage risk and opportunities to maintain performance to plan
- Ensure appropriate Engineering rigor is deployed while implementing the Engineering development and Mercury Systems lifecycle development process(es), ensuring On Time Delivery for all Engineering owned Deliverables.
- Support IPS Engineering resource planning processes that establish labor and outside cost demand requirements for all active projects
- Lead and support Bid and Proposal activity, ensuring that Engineering Growth processes are executed, culminating in competitive and executable offerings to the customer.
- Partner with Chief Engineering leadership to develop, execute, and continuously improve the Engineering management system to include metrics collection and reporting.
Required Qualifications:- Typically requires a BS degree in an engineering discipline & 12 years of related experience or demonstrated competence through sufficient applicable industry experience in relevant engineering leadership or management positions.
- Relevant Project Management or Engineering Leadership experience in new hardware/software product development, including defense, aerospace, avionics, or other domains
- Familiarity with scheduling, tracking and risk management techniques and tools
- Familiarity with Ghantt chart planning, preferably IMS development using Microsoft Project or similar project management software experience
- Knowledgeable in all phases of the product development life cycle from requirements through design, implementation, integration, verification, transition to production and sustainment support.
- Experience identifying and implementing process improvements across an organization
- This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance in the future. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, including leading Root Cause Corrective Action efforts.
- Exceptional communication skills, including experience in direct customer communications and ability to lead professional conversations with internal leadership.
- Experienced in decision analysis and willingness to integrate cross-functionally to drive excellent decision making.
- Strong team building, interpersonal and personnel development skills.
- Comfortable working among ambiguity and a changing and growing environment.
- Proactive mindset ready to take initiative and a strong sense of outcome ownership.
- Fluent in Microsoft applications, familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence management tools
- System and subsystem integration.
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