Job Description

BAE Systems has an immediate need for a highly qualified Program Area Manager to support U.S. Navy programs involving weapon system engineering in System Integration. The Program Area Manager will report directly to the Deputy Program Manager of System Definition on the Systems Engineering & Integration engineering services contract supporting the Portfolio Acquisition Executive(PAE) Strategic Systems Programs Office. The Strategic System Program integration process provides the framework and iterative analysis of electrical, mechanical, functional and logical interfaces to systematically assemble two or more subsystems ensuring compatibility of the system and satisfying form, fit and functional design requirements. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team enabling our Nation's technological superiority on strategic missions through development of advanced concepts and initiatives throughout the systems lifecycle.
As a decades-long sole source partner, our program has remarkable stability and is concurrently experiencing significant growth. Combined, these factors provide ample opportunity for professional growth and development for capable and talented individuals on our team.

Position Description and Responsibilities:
As Program Area Manager for System Integration, your responsibilities span program management, engineering management, personnel management, and customer relationship management include:

Program Management

• Manage cost, schedule, scope, and risk for performing systems integration
• Establish and manage performance measurement baseline (cost, schedule, and scope) for all activities and deliverables within system integration control accounts.
• Conduct monthly schedule and cost variance analysis including corrective action planning and execution.
• Support monthly risk management board to present and obtain approval of identified risks and mitigation plans.
• Lead the development of highly complex engineering estimates and associated work breakdown structures for systems integration on current and future contracts.

Engineering Management

• Manage execution of engineering capabilities (people, processes, tools) and work products (deliverables) to plan and perform systems integration Ensure the delivery of engineering products in assigned portfolio meet or exceed defined quality thresholds.
• Manage identification and adoption of digital engineering and agile management capabilities by developing and improving engineering processes and tools to fit the program/mission environment, constraints, and delivery schedules.
• Ensure engineering outcomes are consistent with established engineering principles and practices and that customer and company technical, system, performance, and quality requirements are met.
• Oversee and approve technical documentation, data, presentations, and white paper submissions to customers.

Personnel Management

• Functional management over 20+ person workforce 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 and GS-13 level US Navy customers/clients to solve technical problems and implement solutions of extremely high complexity.
• Synthesize customer future needs and opportunities into actionable and measurable plans
• Manage Contract Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) scoring from assigned customers to exceed corporate expectations.

About the program
Our organization has supported the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Program (SSP) continually since the program's inception in the 1950s. SSP developed the first sea-based, underwater-launched Strategic Weapon System (SWS), a defense system that is truly critical to our national security. For more than six decades, SSP has maintained and upgraded this weapon system, and we have been there every step of the way. The sea-based SWS is the ultimate stealthy weapon system and as the first leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. With over 70% of our nation's nuclear arsenal its importance for maintaining world peace cannot be overstated. The development of Columbia, the most advanced nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarine ever designed, as well the next D5LE2 weapon system is under way and will begin to be rolled out over the next decade. The Navy projects this system to be operational through 2084. This is a truly unique program and BAE Systems employees on this program understand they are part of an important legacy.

Required Skills and Education

BS degree in engineering or related field with 10+ years of experience as an engineering manager over programs totaling $5m per year in annual budget and demonstrated experience leading a 15+ person engineering team.

Additional skills/experience required:

• Advanced knowledge of complex System and System of Systems Engineering concepts, best practices, and procedures with emphasis on system integration discipline
• Proven experience developing and successfully executing short- and long-term strategic plans
• Proven experience leading System Integration teams responsible for system-level integration activities across the engineering lifecycle for multiple subsystems simultaneously executing their respective subsystem engineering processes
• Demonstrated success partnering with customers to understand critical challenges, shape customer requirements, develop innovative solutions, and manage execution of solutions through implementation
• Experience utilizing modeling and simulation technics to evaluate system integration risk across a system of systems environment
• Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills with demonstrated experience communicating with executive and senior customer leadership

Preferred Skills and Education

• MS degree in engineering or related field
• INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification
• Experience implementing digital engineering, model-based engineering, and/or agile engineering techniques
• Experience working in missile weapon systems, space, and/or nuclear fields