Airborne Systems Senior Engineering Manager -Software

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Job Description

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering/Computer Engineering , plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations. Must have leadership experience, including day to day management of development and production programs; budget, cost and scheduling management; as well as people management. Clearance Requirements: Department of Defense Secret security clearance must be obtainable within a reasonable amount of time from hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Engineering Manager of the Software Engineering team for the Airborne Systems (AS) Business Area which is under the Land & Air Systems (L&AS) Line of Business (LoB). The successful candidate will be a member of the AS Leadership Team, and report directly to the Director of Engineering for AS. You will have responsibility for the 100 plus employee engineering team and will be fully accountable for engineering execution within assigned programs of the AS Business Area. You will be responsible for enhancing the performance, strategy and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation's fundamental defense services. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

Airborne Systems, a business area within the General Dynamics Mission Systems company, is a high-tech business focusing on hardware and software system design and integration, cutting-edge research and development, and manufacturing. We are a technology leader in numerous areas including rapid technology insertion, airborne mission computers, signal processing, stores management and tactical network storage, cyber security, environmental survivability, and high reliability systems. In this role, you will be required to manage the engineering leaders of programs to architect, design, test, and provide production support of current and next generation airborne system solutions for the Department of Defense. The successful SEM candidate will provide expert leadership and guidance at all levels of the engineering organization and demonstrate the ability to contribute in a meaningful technical capacity to engineering tasking while managing the organizational needs of and ensuring performance excellence of a large-sized Software engineering team.

As the SEM, you will work with Program Managers, Chief Engineer, and program engineering leads to make critical decisions on architecture, design, and technology choices and be the technical beacon for the organization, working with cross functional teams to ensure that customer requirements are correctly analyzed, system requirements are developed and allocated to lower levels (subsystem, elements, and components), and plans for verification and validation are fully defined and executed. You will collaborate with external stakeholders and across your functional teams to resolve issues and recommend solutions to ensure that the system meets requirements with the performance needed for deployment.

Job Responsibilities:

Below are key responsibilities of the Airborne Systems Senior Engineering Manager- Software

• Responsible for all SW and FPGA team execution for the AS engineering department
• Responsible for reviews of all SW and FPGA program bids and proposals for the AS engineering department
• Responsible for the technical leadership, staffing and development of SW and FPGA team for the AS engineering department
• Lead and mentor a group of Technical Managers that have 10-20 direct reports each
• Lead and mentor a group of highly-technical lead engineers on process improvement initiatives, coordinating and setting direction for the group.
• Conduct Senior management reviews to determine status and drive success in execution
• Responsible for managing the activities of people, including staffing and organization development, performance and disciplinary issues, salary planning etc.
• May also be responsible for hire/fire decisions
• Review's status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Responsibilities include both planning and execution and/or coordinates team member assignments for division level functional organization and builds and maintains the team's functional capabilities
• Provides technical input to Project or Engineering Management in linking task-related strategy to achieve business goals
• Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives
• Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
• Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, and/or customers
• Provides proposal teaming recommendation to shore up any shortcomings for optimum win probabilities
• Determines and implements the organizational training needs in accordance with the requirements of the technical domain
• Ensures that engineers are active in developing risk mitigation plans and managing risk profiles
• Ensures process compliance of all engineering activity in areas of responsibility
• Drives a culture continuous improvement throughout the department
• Accountable for engineering program execution, cost control, and technical performance across all programs within Business area
• Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering efforts within assigned program/product areas across the business area
• Relevant engineering experience in support of, or direct execution of, complex DoD required. Experience with tactical Airborne hardware, software and systems as well as a breadth of engineering knowledge and skills, applicable across the product lifecycle is desirable
• Support key technical initiatives and/or problem resolution
• Extensive engagement with all levels of engineering program teams to identify risks, staffing issues, deviations to contractual scope and ensure appropriate mitigation efforts
• Experience leading multi-functional Hardware/product development teams
• Collaborate across the Business Area and share resources where necessary, proactively anticipating needs
• Close collaboration with BD and Business Segment Directors to define viable business strategy for sustainment and growth of the business and provide technical advice and direction during proposals and execution issues
• Alignment of our technical strategy to the overall business strategy
• Accountable for effective implementation of business-driven IR&D
• Provides leadership and technical/managerial content for proposals with identification of cross business unit strengths and technical shortcomings
• Leads improvements in engineering through process change and implementation of new methods/tools and application of appropriate resources
• Support the implementation of technology into the L&AS LoB, including AI
• Financial activities such as Engineering budgets/forecasts, capital/expense management, and financial analysis (direct/indirect labor usage)
• People activities such as performance management, hiring, headcount management and forecasting, close collaboration with our Learning and Organizational Development team on training and development, and employee recognition

  The successful candidate will have direct experience in leading and growing teams who execute technologically complex programs in a changing environment.

  Preferred candidate will have:

  • Clearly demonstrated background in building enduring customer relationships
  • An ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.
  • Knowledge of Airborne Systems technology/community
  • Experience growing teams and running common baseline products support multiple product lines
  • Ability to grow and execute production focused programs focused on DTC/DTUPC and manufacturability
  • Existing Secret clearance

Target salary range: USD $219,320.00/Yr. - USD $232,000.00/Yr. This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

We offer highly competitive benefits and a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. To see more about our benefits, visit https://gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits

General Dynamics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/Disability/Veteran