Job Description:

Seeking a Chief Engineer with expertise in EO/IR Space Systems to join a growing team. The person in this position will be deployed as a portfolio Chief Engineer within a large division, responsible for the technical strategy and technical execution of ongoing customer funded efforts. This includes all phases of development from pre-award concept development, initial architecture and development of interfaces and component requirements through design, testing and verification, on to production support. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for directing the execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing portfolio programs and new pursuits.

Essential Functions:

• Application of electro-optical and infrared remote sensing system knowledge to develop space payload and ground system architectures for civil weather and earth science applications (GEO, LEO, and Ground systems)
• Works to achieve annual business revenue objectives and manage project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization
• Identifies IR&D efforts in alignment with Tech Roadmaps to create technology differentiators
• Provide guidance on optical, electrical, and mechanical assemblies, and drive consistency within technology roadmaps and architectures in area of focus
• Provide technical direction for tasks associated with the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of Payload systems with complex hardware/software attributes
• Provide mentorship to develop lower-level engineering staff into future SMEs
• Leads and coordinates various analysis to optimize payload system architectures
• Establishes program risks/opportunities
• Lead/establish Independent Review Teams
• Responsible for technical issue resolution, ensures root cause is identified and corrective actions are executed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Physics, or similar technical field or equivalent and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
• 3+ years of functional management experience, leading a large team >50 resources across multiple disciplines

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 5+ years of Space Systems domain knowledge desired
• Strong multi-disciplinary technical breadth in Space and Ground Domain
• Ability to quickly understand missions, customer sets, drive strategy
• Experience with space-based infrared sensor performance, optics and/or modeling & simulation using remote sensing techniques
• Broad working knowledge of current and planned civil weather and earth science architectures for domestic and international customers
• Experience in technical issue resolution, ability to ensure root cause is identified
• Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
• Ability to plan and execute internal investment strategy
• Experience successfully executing multi-site engineering efforts
• Able to present results and communicate with customers and senior management