IPT (Integrated Product Team) Lead Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Description:

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of advanced missile and space defense technology—developing the systems that will help protect the nation and define the next generation of strategic defense capabilities. The IPT Lead Engineer will report directly to the Director of Engineering and work on-site in Plant 27. Will be working on some of the Department of Defense’s highest-priority programs, tackling complex engineering challenges and developing technology that will have a direct impact on national security. Candidate will help develop generational defense capabilities, including advanced anti-ballistic missile defense systems and the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). As an IPT Lead Engineer, you’ll play a critical technical leadership role in the development of advanced thrust vector control (TVC) actuation systems. Candidate will be helping design, develop, integrate, test, and transition next-generation hardware from concept through production. With broad technical autonomy, candidate will lead complex engineering efforts, drive technical decisions, coordinate across disciplines and organizations, and serve as a key technical interface with customers and external partners. Candidate will have the opportunity to influence both the technology and the direction of the program.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the Integrated Product Team responsible for the technical oversight, design, development, integration, and test of TVC actuation systems
• Provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the product lifecycle
• Ensure end-to-end products are designed, integrated, and tested to meet program requirements
• Lead design maturation and transition of hardware into production
• Lead and participate in technical trade studies, balancing mechanical, physical, environmental, payload, power, propulsion, thermal, communications, and attitude-control requirements
• Support major program design, integration, qualification, and readiness reviews
• Serve as a primary technical interface across program, engineering, customer, and external partner organizations
• Develop and maintain technical development plans, schedules, and execution inputs
• Develop Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for program tasks and new business opportunities
• Communicate development status and establish meaningful metrics to track execution and technical progress
• Provide schedule status, Estimate-to-Complete (ETC), and variance inputs to Cost Account Managers
• Define technical objectives and drive solutions to complex engineering problems
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers and other professional staff
• Develop and execute engineering solutions spanning design, integration, testing, documentation, resources, compliance, and safety
• Coordinate technical documentation, reporting, presentations, and customer communications
• Anticipate future technology needs and identify opportunities to apply emerging engineering technologies
• Support the development and expansion of new business opportunities.
• This position will be fully on-site 5 Days a Week with 30-50% travel expected.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• U.S. Secret Clearance required ; Top Secret Preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline
• 7+ years of experience in actuator and controller design
• 3+ years leading technical teams
• Demonstrated experience across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept and development through integration, test, and production
• Experience preparing for and presenting customer design and program reviews
• Experience with risk management and Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Experience developing schedules using Microsoft Project
• Familiarity with Agile development processes

Additional Preferred Skills – Ideal Candidate:

• The ideal candidate will have a strong balance of technical capabilities and interpersonal skills to be able act as a critical technical liaison to a mission critical project/customer. Candidates MUST have Security Clearance (Top Secret Clearance preferred) as they will be working a classified program that will also require them to work/spend time in a skiff. As such, prior experience being the technical lead on a classified program/project should naturally be expected.
• 3+ years of leadership experience
• 7+ years of progressive engineering experience designing actuation systems and controllers
• MS Project
• Risk Management/EVM
• Direct industry experience (Aerospace/Defense)

Relocation Assistance is Available from the Employer. Visa Candidates are not being considered for this role.