Chief Engineer
Company | Peraton |
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Location | Huntsville, AL, USA |
Salary | $135000 – $216000 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years (Ph.D.), 10 years (MS/MA), 12 years (BS/BA), or 16 years (without a degree) in a relevant engineering or technical field.
- Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
- At least 7 years of experience reviewing technical, schedule, and budgetary aspects of projects.
- At least 7 years of experience developing technical requirements, schedules, FTE estimates, performance criteria, CDRL definitions, and project kick-off briefings.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Chief Engineer and primary technical POC for the program.
- Apply engineering principles to assess requirements, develop design plans, and ensure technical feasibility.
- Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to foster support for program objectives.
- Oversee project efforts to ensure technical execution remains on schedule and within budget.
- Work with PMO and TPOCs to define technical requirements, schedules, performance criteria, and project kick-off briefings.
- Provide recommendations based on technical assessments and present findings to key decision-makers.
- Prepare detailed technical reports and documentation.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers as needed.
- Ensure seamless communication and collaboration across technical teams.
- Support the PMO by conducting programmatic and technical evaluations.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Expertise in theory of operations, performance characteristics, vulnerability, and employment of foreign weapons systems.
- Experience leading analysis, evaluation, and assessment of intelligence information on defensive systems and technologies.
- Proven ability to oversee engineering efforts related to radar and missile system design.
- Understanding of the Integrated Technical Evaluation and Analysis of Multiple Sources (ITEAMS) process for threat design analysis.
- Knowledge of Threat Modeling Analysis Program (TMAP) digital models, simulations, and hardware representations of defensive systems.