We9re hiring a Technical Director to own the technical solution for our PNT product line end to end: the architecture, the design and the controlled design record. You9ll report to our Chief Operating Officer and lead our electrical, mechanical, systems, software and test engineering teams. You9ll turn customer and program requirements into specifications and test procedures, deliver designs that earn Production9s release-readiness approval, and set the technology roadmap and IRAD direction. You9ll work on-site in Ashburn. At a company our size, the Technical Director is also a hands-on technical lead, supporting Sales during capture and Programs during execution.
On an average day you9ll handle some combination of the following. You9ll own product design and every technical decision on system architecture, hardware, firmware and software. You9ll convert customer and program requirements into the specification, with acceptance parameters and a clear definition of success. You9ll author the verification and validation procedures and parameters that Production runs on built units; the first article is a production step. You9ll own the technical data package and the design baseline, run configuration management, and release technical documentation for prototypes and customer deliverables. You9ll own engineering BOMs and engineering work orders and direct engineering-internal development and bench testing, borrowing technicians when engineer-directed test or assembly work needs them. You9ll bring manufacturability and documentation quality into design reviews, and you9ll set priorities for the engineering teams, work with program managers and reorganize the team when delivery calls for it.
You9ll be accountable for the functionality, suitability and technical performance of our solutions; for production-bound designs that pass Production9s readiness approval on schedule; for a complete, current technical data package and configuration baseline; for test procedures and acceptance parameters delivered ahead of production V&V; and for on-schedule design milestones on every program.
Who You Are
You9re an engineering leader who wants to own the whole technical solution, and you still know your way around a bench.
You carry the Pioneering Spirit. You9re one of the most innovative people in any room. You push your team to take calculated risks and improve performance, and you make sure the lessons learned get written down and used. That9s how a team builds mastery, another of our core values.
You make the call. Architecture and technical decisions are yours. You decide with incomplete information, explain why, and change course when the data says so.
You design for the people who build it. A design isn9t done until Production can build it, test it and release it. You bring manufacturability and clean documentation into every design review.
You hold the baseline. A technical data package nobody trusts is worse than none. You keep the design record complete and current, and you hold the line on configuration control.
You build teams. You set clear priorities, develop your engineers and reorganize when delivery needs it. Your team gets better because you lead it.
You care who9s on the other end. Our products go to warfighters who need to know where they are when GPS is jammed or spoofed. Every design you release ends up in their hands. You take that seriously, and it shows in your work.
Required Experience
Technical ownership of a product line. You9ve owned the technical solution for hardware products that shipped: the architecture, the design decisions across hardware, firmware and software, and the trade-offs between them. Pick a product and you can walk us through the decisions you made and the ones you9d change.
Requirements to specifications and test. You9ve turned customer and program requirements into specifications with clear acceptance criteria, and you9ve written or owned the verification and validation procedures that proved them.
Technical data package and configuration management. You9ve owned a design baseline and technical data package under configuration control, including engineering BOMs, and released documentation for prototypes and customer deliverables.
Design for production. You9ve taken designs through design reviews and into production, and you know what manufacturability and documentation quality look like to the people who have to build and test the product.
Leading engineering teams. You9ve led multidisciplinary engineering teams across electrical, mechanical, systems, software and test: setting priorities, working with program managers and reorganizing when delivery required it. You can tell us about engineers you developed.
Technical credibility with customers. You9ve been the technical lead in front of customers during capture and program execution, and you can explain a complex design in plain language.
U.S. person status. This position requires access to technical data controlled under U.S. export control laws. Applicants must be U.S. persons as defined in the ITAR (22 CFR 120.62): U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, and persons admitted as refugees or granted asylum.
Clearance eligibility. You must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Nice to Haves
PNT and GNSS. You9ve led design work on GNSS receivers, CRPA or anti-jam antennas, inertial systems or other assured-PNT products, ideally including military receivers.
Defense programs. You9ve delivered to DoD customers or primes, including CDRLs, formal design reviews and first article inspection.
Roadmaps and IRAD. You9ve set a technology roadmap and run an IRAD portfolio, choosing where to place calculated bets and when to stop.
Quality systems. You9ve worked in an ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality system.
Active clearance. You already hold a current U.S. government security clearance, at any level.
$170,000 - $195,000 a year
TAG is a small, veteran-owned company, and more than a quarter of our team has served. You9ll work directly with the COO and the leadership team, and the products your team designs will ship to the field.
