Maritime Division Chief Engineer – Senior Engineering Leader
Overview
The Director, Chief Engineer leads the Maritime Division to deliver end-to-end technology solutions across space air land sea and cyber domains. This role owns technical scope cost and schedule performance drives strategic technical leadership and builds cross-functional teams to meet national security missions. Candidates will collaborate with sector peers and corporate leaders to drive innovation and ensure smooth program transitions.
What You'll Do11
- 1Build lead and manage cross-functional engineering organization aligned with product roadmaps
- 2Own technical scope cost and schedule accountability for engineering projects
- 3Manage engineering staffing demand allocate resources and post requisitions
- 4Conduct skills assessments and address gaps with engineering leadership
- 5Lead and mentor engineering leadership to develop technical talent
- 6Plan and execute product development from definition through production
- 7Oversee IRAD portfolio and maintain technology roadmap
- 8Manage engineering organization budgets
- 9Champion NPI process and make high-level technical decisions
- 10Collaborate with sector leadership to shape growth and product strategy
- 11Foster culture of continuous improvement and employee motivation
Requirements10
- 1Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 15 years experience in product development
- 2DoD experience with 10 years leading cross-functional teams
- 3Active Secret Level Security Clearance preferred Top Secret SCI required
- 4U.S. citizenship mandatory for clearance holders
- 5Prior leadership across two or more engineering disciplines
- 6Proven experience in mission-critical safety-critical development environments
- 7Expertise with EVMS/CAM and proposal development including BOE generation
- 8Experience scaling teams through growth or realignment
- 9Master’s degree in Engineering or MBA highly desirable
- 10Travel up to 25% of time as required
Salary Insight
$178 - $291k per year
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