Engineer IV

• The PE will own a payload(s) as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) owner for integration, production, procurement, and deployment support for MQ-9B platforms.
• In this role the PE will support design reviews, SIL events, platform integration, new customer demos, software integration, and other activities directly related to the payload.
• Maintain communication between GA project team(s) and sub-contractors/suppliers to ensure requirements and delivery schedules are aligned.
• Lead system level Qualification, Verification and Validation Testing of hardware and software with emphasis placed on deriving & tracking test requirements, generation of system level Test Plans and Procedures, conducting Lab/Ground/Flight testing.
• Develop and execute introduction to production plans including but not limited to production workflows, point of manufacturing, production test procedures, and quality inspection plans.
• Plan, manage, and execute multi-disciplined project teams involving hardware and software requirements to ensure cost, schedule, and performance expectations are met.
• With limited direction, provide leadership, direction, and guidance to a multi-discipline engineering team by determining technical objectives for the review, research, design, development, and/or solutions to resolve highly technical and complex engineering problems.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

• Demonstrate proficiency in mechanical and/or electrical development technologies, architectures, methodologies, processes, and the application of Systems Engineering principles to engineering development.
• Understanding of payload integration onto aircraft platforms, including power, networking, cooling, and environmental best practices.
• Understanding of production, procurement, and quality process is in support of pre-production
• Understanding in software development process and configuration management
• Working knowledge of various manufacturing techniques including machining, fabrication, electronics assembly, and composites manufacturing
• Must be able to lead a cross-functional team through fundamental engineering best practices such as but not limited to top-down requirement decomposition, design development, Trade Studies, System/Software/Hardware architecture development, technical reviews, acceptance and qualification testing.
• Ability to quickly grasp and understand the full scope of development activities and come up to speed quickly in new areas. Take on a high-level problems and organize a technical path forward
• Strong ability to collaborate and draw support and guidance from senior engineering staff and program management offices.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills. Must be able to distill complex engineering topics into concise presentation materials, and present effectively to customers, internal stakeholders, and Sr. management.

• Typically requires a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as six or more years of progressively complex software or hardware engineering experience with at least two of those years having lead responsibilities.
• Must have previous experience in technical leadership with an emphasis on project execution as well as product innovation.
• Desired to be familiar several of the following technologies: Payload Command and Control (C2), Radar Systems, Avionics, Electrical Systems, Real Time Systems, Data Dissemination, Computers and Networks, Open Architectures, Embedded Systems, Product Exploitation, Human Machine Interfaces, Machine Learning, EO/IR, Electronic Warfare.
• Must have some working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall software development lifecycles with demonstrated software development experience in both.
• Must have some experience with phases of the software development lifecycle from concept development to customer support of fielded systems.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with staff and senior management.
• Candidate is desired to have experience with Product Management, Systems Engineering, System Test & Integration, Subcontractor Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DOD Product development.

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