Job DescriptionBAE Systems is seeking Engineering Manager to support our work as a prime contractor on a high-profile U.S. Navy weapon system. The ideal candidate will be someone who can lead a team of five to seven engineers toward meeting a set of objectives, demonstrate the behaviors to effectively communicate, coordinate, collaborate, and work in a visible and proactive manner across organizational boundaries to deliver positive results. This role is fit for someone who can be a highly engaging, team-oriented, problem solving, and self-starting individual able to respond rapidly to a dynamic programmatic environment.
As the Test Development Engineering Manager for the System Test program area, your responsibilities span engineering management, personnel management, and customer relationship management including:
Engineering Management
- Manage execution of engineering capabilities (people, process, tools) and work products (deliverables) in the areas of systems test policy and process definition.
- Ensure the timely development of system test products to support issuance of contract deliverables.
- Support System Test activities across the engineering lifecycle, for a complex systems-of-systems, including the mapping of requirements to system attributes and interfaces.
- Identify System Test assessment characteristics that can be gathered from component level development testing activities for use in system level integration assessments.
- Support the test team in the execution of compatibility and interoperability assessments to ensure the entire system will have the form, fit, and function to execute the intended mission(s).
- Support Test leadership in the development of presentations and materials to support technical meetings and program reviews.
- Attending meetings, as necessary, to support tasks above. Some meetings may occur offsite, requiring local travel to Washington, DC or subsystem development/testing facilities.
- Applying Modeling-based Systems Engineering tools to develop digital engineering products
Personnel Management
- Functional management over a five-to-seven-person team to include performance and development objective setting, conduct of semi-annual performance reviews, personnel development and training, annual salary planning, and hiring/onboarding of new personnel.
- Assemble, lead, and manage high-performance teams focused on delivering engineering products and developing innovative solutions to complex mission and business challenges.
Customer Relationship Management
- Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with GS-14/15 level US Navy customers/clients to solve technical problems and implement solutions of high complexity.
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Required Skills and EducationBachelor's Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/System Engineering or other related science degree and eight years of relevant experience or twelve years of SSBN SWS experience in lieu of a degree
- 8 years' experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs
- Experience in Test and Evaluation methodologies including test planning, execution, and reporting
- Experience in System/Subsystem level testing
- Experience in research and data analysis
- Experience in engineering design, fabrication, interface definition, and requirements verification / system testing
- Experience with leading projects involving multiple team members
- Experience with presenting project status to management and/or the customer
- Experience in organizing and hosting meetings involving multiple stakeholders
- Must possess strong organizational, time management, and project management skills
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with PC and MS Office suite including MS Project
- Willingness and ability to travel
Preferred Skills and Education- Experience in managing a team of Engineers
- 10 years' experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs
- Experience with the Navy SSP or TRIDENT programs
- Experience with Navy Submarines (e.g. Missile Technician (MT) or Navigation Electronics Technician (NAV ET))
- ASEP or CSEP certification
- Experience with DoD weapons system
- Experience in research and data analysis
- Experience preparing for and leading design reviews or customer meetings
