Master's degree in STEM with 12+ years in missile defense or complex DoD programs
Experience managing end-to-end program lifecycles
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Strong multitasking skills
Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical expert on payload and countermeasure requirements
Review and assess prime contractor designs and technical procedures
Evaluate target instrumentation requirements and testing methodologies
Provide technical evaluation during major program milestones
Lead multi-disciplinary Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs)
Provide technical assessments for accurate program budget estimates
Collaborate with program scheduler to track delivery deadlines
Benefits
Collaborative work environment across multiple organizations
Opportunity to influence major program milestones
Engagement with cutting-edge missile defense technologies
Professional development through cross-agency coordination
Involvement in high-stakes defense projects
Full Job Description
Principal Engineer
Position Overview:
Position Description:
KODA Technologies Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer to provide engineering oversight of target-system payloads and countermeasure development. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to the program office, delivering critical assessments of prime contractor designs, technical plans, and target instrumentation layouts. You will serve as a technical anchor during major program milestones-from System Requirements through Product Acceptance-while seamlessly collaborating across multiple organizations, modeling teams, cost analysts, and schedulers to ensure items are delivered accurately and on time.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Oversight & Design Assessment
Expert Advisory: Serve as the technical expert on payload and countermeasure requirements development, analysis, design, qualification, and fielding.
Independent Evaluation: Review and provide assessments of prime contractor designs, plans, reports, and technical procedures.
Milestone Reviews: Provide technical evaluation and engineering support during all major program milestones (including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRB, MRB, and PAR).
Cross-Agency Coordination: Answer technical inquiries from external MDA organizations and lead multi-disciplinary Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs).
Program Management & Operations Collaboration
Cost Estimation: Provide technical assessments to the cost analysis team to ensure accurate program management budget estimates.
Schedule Alignment: Partner with the program scheduler to track delivery deadlines and proactively keep leadership advised of status.
Required Qualifications:
Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance
Master's degree in STEM and 12+ years supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
Program Execution: Experience managing end-to-end program lifecycles, including the development, testing, and fielding of complex systems.
Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities change quickly.
Multitasking: Handle multiple urgent tasks at once without losing focus.
Travel: Able to support travel requests up to 20% of the time.
Preferred Skills
Understanding of IR/RCS signatures for flight objects and countermeasures.
Experience with material properties and material property measurements.
Knowledge of real-world threat systems and how they impact target designs.
Have an understanding of MDA flight test requirements and apply that to the payload hardware development.
Technical proposal development and evaluation.
Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and an active Secret Clearance is required
