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Director Of Engineering

Our client is currently seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Broadband Communication Systems (BCS) Sector of Hardware Engineering team. As a Director of Engineering, you will lead a team of 150 plus engineers and managers in support of the BCS sector product and program portfolio. This role will coordinate all hardware engineering needs for the site and direct engineering execution for the programs, proposals, and pursuits in this portfolio. As a Director of Engineering, you will report to the Vice President of Engineering of the BCS sector. Active US Secret clearance required, TS/SCI is preferred.

Ideal Candidate:

• Lead a hardware engineering group Antenna, RF, PCB, Mechanical or electrical.
• Hire, train, retain, and grow to meet program needs.
• Lead the group technically (technically savvy to review proposals and such from the team, products).
• Leading and reviewing proposals.
• Overseeing and leading hardware engineering from a schedule/program perspective.
• Prepare technical roadmap and help to execute that
• Engage to ensure tools for the org are appropriate over time, to stay current.

Essential Functions:

• Create vision, strategy, and execute against the plan to help build a best-in-class Engineering team
• Coordinate all hardware engineering support (personnel, lab resources, tools) required to perform on all programs and product developments within the business area.
• Closely track engineering demand and ensure the team is right-sized, properly skilled, and equipped.
• Direct engineering program technical, schedule and cost performance for projects with Hardware Engineering scope to include proposal reviews and approval and engineering program reviews and review/oversight of key technical decisions
• Provide mentorship and growth opportunities for engineering and management staff within the organization
• Build a platform for creativity and engineering innovation that is closely aligned and informed by business strategy and technology/product roadmaps
• Provide thought leadership to define the next generation systems
• Hire, attract, retain, and grow top talent, creating a cohesive culture that fosters innovation, execution, transparency, and collaboration
• Ensure allocation of resources is aligned with business priorities and identify solutions for the optimal utilization of resources
• Support execution and performance to the Sector Annual Operating Plan
• Serve as a hands-on engineering leader, who easily gains the respect of senior and junior engineers
• Contribute to new business pursuits by growing cross-functional relationships in new business development and across business areas
• Technical training of the organization and advancement of the state-of-the-art technology through appropriate industry interaction and continued education of technical staff
• Partner and work very closely with the Engineering Leadership staff, Business Development and Program Management to ensure strategy alignment, execution of projects and cross-team collaboration to jointly achieve the sector objectives
• Approve technical solutions for programs and proposals within the business area
• Review and approve cost estimates and schedules for programs and proposals with Hardware Engineering scope
• Manage hardware engineering content on programs and IRADs to meet technical performance requirements, project budgets and schedules.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related (preferred areas of study include Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering (RF and antenna helpful) experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Advanced degree in Engineering and/or Management.
• Deep experience in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering and prior work experience within the Defense industry.
• Experience and demonstrated competence in technical leadership (project engineer or other technical lead) for large complex programs.
• Experience managing the engineering content of large DoD proposals and/or new business pursuits.
• Experience in system level development, requirements definition, analysis, integration, and risk mitigation for large communications systems.
• Deep experience with Earned Value management (EVMS), metrics, and data driven decisions.
• Demonstrated problem solving and technical/programmatic judgment.
• Strong team player with experience managing highly technical teams.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to communicate confidently and concisely to both engineers and non-engineers.
• Proven ability to translate the vision/strategy into clear priorities and direction.
• Record of accomplishment of being highly collaborative with a proven ability to quickly establish trust and credibility among peers and customers.
• Experience navigating matrix organizations to identify key stakeholders and create efficiencies in related efforts.
• Experience leading development and production of wireless communication systems and associated building blocks (e.g. antennas, RF electronics, mechanical design, CCA/PCB design, interconnect, Mechanical and Electrical CAD) for line of sight and satellite applications.
• Experience developing and/or leading embedded software engineering projects.
• Experience developing and/or leading analog and digital hardware projects.
• Experience leading cross functional discipline engineering teams.
• Experience providing compelling technological briefings to executive level stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple layers of management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with customers and teammates.