Job Description

We are looking for a Program Engineering Manager (PEM) to support various programs in our Wayne NJ facility in our Adaptive Communications & Sensing (AC&S) Tactical Data Link (TDL) product line. The candidate demonstrates proven execution of a full-scale program through excellent risk assessment, outstanding leadership, and strong decision making with solid analysis skills. The PEM provides technical responsibility and leadership to cross-functional teams through the design, development, fielding, and support of the system. The PEM represents the technical team to project managers, functions, and executive leadership, and provides responsibilities for developing the overall technical solution for a product or system. The PEM is the decision authority between the Chief Engineer and engineering team and is responsible for developing the overall technical solution for the system. The PEM is expected to influence the design, development, test and verification. In addition, the PEM is responsible for identifying and communicating technical risks and opportunities between the design team, Chief Engineer and program management team.

The PEM will lead the engineering effort for the entire program ensuring the solution meets customer programmatic and technical requirements within the allocated engineering cost and schedule.

Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Partner with the Program Manager, Chief Engineer and functional staff to develop and deliver products and systems that meet our customer needs.
• Partner and collaborate across all the disciplines, functions, and business areas to effectively support engineering across the enterprise.
• Meet cost, schedule and technical performance for projects through their life cycle.
• Ensure preparation and approval of competitive engineering bids that are executable, meet established price-to-win targets, and grow the business.
• Serve as overall customer (internal / external) engineering point of contact for the project.
• Identify and support the development of critical skills and resources.
• Develop and maintain measures related to engineering performance.
• Ensure proper application of process based on the size and complexity of the project.
• Establish goals, performance standards, budgets and staffing plans.
• Improve processes and skills that accelerate program execution and improve quality.
• Lead and develop others.

This position requires collaborating and interfacing with Engineering, Operations, Business Development, Contracts, Subcontracts, Finance, and Procurement functions within the company as well as with internal and external customers to ensure that the portfolio's financial, schedule and technical objectives are met and that the highest level of customer satisfaction is achieved.

Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format. It will require mostly in-person, on-site work with the potential for allowing some remote work.

Key aspects of this role:

• Accountability for all aspects of program initiation, planning and execution (cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, customer engagement, etc.) and ensuring program commitments are met.
• Responsibility and accountability to the Business for program execution, profitability, timeliness, and overall success. Make decisions that are cost effective to the company and ensures assigned projects meet financial commitments for orders, sales, profit and cash flow.
• Creation of new business strategies and the development of strategic and financial plans
• Understanding of life cycle management
• Working with various contract types
• Earned Value Management
• Communication with clear, concise messaging to teams, internal leadership and customers

Required Skills and Education

• Requires qualified candidates to hold an active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Engineering, or Math and 9+ years engineering development/production work experience or Master's Degree with 7+ years of engineering development/production experience
• Knowledge of EVMS, program scheduling, task codes, program metrics, and staffing determinatio
• Project engineering management including organizational design, planning, estimating, design management, and product verification.
• Experience leading diverse multi-disciplinary teams in the solution of complex technical problems
• Demonstrated leadership skills (soft skills, strategic thinking, business acumen, building teams, building customer relationships, leading the entire engineering team).
• Monitoring the project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined, maintained, and met
• Defining, generating, and reviewing project requirements and documentation
• Performing or guiding technical studies to refine project requirements
• Providing the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and the program team for staffing needs
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to diagnose, resolve complex problems and to develop improved methods to increase program efficiency.
• Proven written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Strong team building skills that enable collaboration and coordination within and across teams, functions, and other business units.
• Strong presentation and organizational skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence and shape the behavior and performance of teams executing complex requirements
• Demonstrates business acumen and presence at the leadership level
• Monitoring the project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined, maintained, and met
• Defining, generating, and reviewing project requirements and documentation
• Performing or guiding technical studies to refine project requirements
• Providing the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and the program team for staffing needs

Preferred Skills and Education

• 4+ years' experience as a Program Engineering Manager (PEM), Program Manager (PM), or Technical Project Manager
• Knowledge of defense contract types
• Experience in all the phases of the program life cycle
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) in an Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
• Requires qualified candidates to hold an active Secret security clearance.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience in developing product roadmaps
• Experience in proposal development activities and capturing new business
• Experience in structured problem solving with demonstrated ability to systematically determine root cause
• Domain Knowledge, UHF/VHF/HF communication solutions experience, including NSA certification
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret / SCI level of clearance