Job SummaryStaff Project Engineers lead multi-disciplinary teams, innovate, design, integrate, test, qualify, and rapidly field cutting-edge technologies, sensors, and payload solutions into Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
Agile Mission Systems (AMS) at GA-ASI in San Diego, CA is a growing center of excellence seeking high performing technical contributors and future leaders. This candidate's will lead, support strategic objectives, stitch together systems of systems, develop customer facing relationships & networks, and produce mission system capability solutions that meet end users/customer's requirements and CONOPs. This candidate primary role will center around mission systems architecture, rapidly fielded capabilities, tailored configurations, and prototype builds to meet new customer needs within GA-ASI's Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Company Owned Company Operated (COCO) Leasing Services product line.
Mission Platform Systems (MPS) group provides challenging problem sets focusing in areas but not limited to; Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advanced IRST, Electronic Warfare systems, Multi-INT systems, Countermeasures, Communications, Tactical Datalinks, Automation Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (A3I), HMI/UI, Cybersecurity, Software Architectures, Open Architectures and Standards (OMS, FACE, STANAG, etc), Networking, Modeling & Simulation.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:- Lead diverse multi-function engineering teams, meeting critical program milestones, and successfully executing programs within the defined cost and schedule.
- Represents programs as the face of engineering ensures consistent and appropriate messaging to external customer stakeholders, PoR representatives across the DoD, industry partners, subcontracts, and Sr. internal/executive stakeholders.
- Supports engineering estimates and proposals in response to customer and leadership directives.
- Develops program plans, estimates, schedules and execute programs in accordance with those plans.
- Perform system analysis, trade studies, author technical white papers, and generate customer technical data packages.
- Complete, document, and present System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR).
- Represent company at technical reviews, customer meetings and system level integrations
- Supports mission architecture implementations and designs.
- Supports technology initiatives such as Open Architectures (OMS, FACE, etc.), Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence, onboard fusion, track management, resource management, and Human Factor's based HMI design.
- Supports the development of test plans and manage the integration, verification and validation new capabilities and technologies.
- Supports development of business/strategic objectives and system concept-of-operations within primary platform development program, strategic customer demonstrations, evaluation programs, and Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) efforts.
Job Qualifications- Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; twelve or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, ten or more years of experience with a masters degree, or seven or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
- Demonstrated ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a dynamic work environment.
- Must possess the ability to resolve complex technical problems.
- Previous experience in developing and integrating hardware and software with various engineering disciplines including Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Cbyer and Software.
- Demonstrates technical expertise and experience with GA-ASI Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) & platforms, and quickly understand critical interfaces including MQ-9, MQ-1 and Avenger.
- Plans and leads development efforts that may require extensive Software Engineering scope.
- Candidate should have experience in one or more of the following technologies: Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advance IRST, Electronic Warfare systems, Multi-INT systems, Countermeasures, Communications, Tactical Datalinks, Automation Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (A3I), HMI/UI, Cybersecurity, Software Architectures, Open Architectures and Standards (OMS, FACE, STANAG, etc), Networking, Modeling & Simulation.
- Candidate is desired to have experience with Product Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DOD Product development.
- Must be customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment, and able to work extended hours and travel as required.
- Willingness and ability to support new business development efforts are essential and required.
- Knowledge of DoD requirements generation and military system acquisition processes is highly desirable.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.
