Senior Technical Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Who Are We?

At Parry Labs we believe the modern combat advantage relies on the speed and scale of open systems. We’re redefining the edge of the increasingly ever-changing battlespace by delivering game changing capabilities to our warfighters through digital engineering, software, and hardware solutions that are essential to our core of being a Digital Systems Integrator.

Born digital and agile, Parry Labs is building a winning team to be the premier provider for Next Generation Mission Systems Integration across air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Are you ready to be an instrumental part of experts in the industry? Join us in the innovation of integration at Parry and apply to help develop the technologies of tomorrow while reaching new heights in your career today.

About the Job

Parry Labs is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to own the technical execution of our Dallas/Fort Worth-area programs supporting DoD rotorcraft aviation. Based in our Plano office, you will be Parry Labs’ technical presence with our DFW customers. You will lead technical interchange meetings, support test events at customer sites, and make sure what our engineering teams deliver meets both the contract and the mission behind it. You will partner with the Program Manager to plan and control the engineering scope of each project, including cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk.

Duties and responsibilities: 

Technical Management Proficiency

A Senior Technical Lead demonstrates basic to intermediate proficiency in the following technical management responsibilities:

• Communication and Coordination
  • Provide technical and programmatic status and advisement to the Program Manager and support the Program Manager in status and advisement of senior leadership, customers, and business partners.
  • Communicate technical information effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including internal and external customers and stakeholders.
• Project Planning
  • Lead technical engagements with customers to understand their requirements and expectations.
  • Support the customer in identification, planning, and management of their capability initiatives.
  • Lead the planning, development, and updates to program execution budget and schedule, in coordination with Project Management, for the engineering aspects of the program.
• Project Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance
  • Lead engineering teams in meeting technical delivery milestones and contractual requirements in accordance with program execution budget and schedule.
  • Apply structured technical project management approaches across the program life cycle using earned value management, risk management, MS Project, Scrum, JIRA, etc.
  • Monitor and control engineering aspects of the program, including cost, schedule, technical quality, and performance, using effective metrics and proactive and corrective actions.
  • Coordinate, consolidate, review, and approve all technical inputs and deliverables for the program.
  • Develop and present program-centric technical content (e.g., roadmap, technical risks, SOW technical requirements) for Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and milestone technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR).
  • Produce recommendation reports, analysis of alternatives, and gap analysis of any relevant tools and technology that can aid customer missions.
• Resource Management
  • Identify engineering resource needs and coordinate with Engineering Functional Management for resource allocations to effectively meet program execution budget and schedule.
• Risk Management
  • Lead identification of technical risks to the program, quantification of impact and probability, mitigation actions and/or contingency plans development, and risk closure.

Technical Competency

A Senior Technical Lead demonstrates basic to intermediate competency in the following technical categories:

• Engineering Functional Disciplines
• Architecture & Standards
• Operational Domains
• Technology Domains
• Parry Labs Products

A Senior Technical Lead applies their technical knowledge in fulfillment of Technology organization responsibilities, to include:

• Advise the organization on utilization of digital tools as replacement to existing tools or as introduction of a new type of tool to improve organization, efficiency, repeatability, and quality.
• Advise engineering functional management on technical skillsets needed to effectively meet current and emerging requirements.
• Proliferate technical knowledge amongst the organization.
• Advise the CTO on how adoption, onboarding, and utilization of technology on program execution is performing and what wants and needs expressed by existing customers should be considered for incorporation into the Parry Labs Technology Roadmap.

Leadership & Professional Maturity

A Senior Technical Lead demonstrates basic proficiency in the following leadership attributes while fulfilling organization and program responsibilities: drive, precision, analysis, clarity, and influence.

A Senior Technical Lead applies their leadership and professional maturity to:

• Provide mentorship to engineers within the organization.
• Enforce adherence to organizational directives, policies, process, and procedures.
• Foster a safe, collaborative, and innovative work environment.
• Foster team identity tied to its role in the mission.
• Recognize employee achievements through specific positive feedback, regular thanks, public recognition as appropriate, monetary rewards (in coordination with engineering management), and other methods of encouragement.

Business Impact

A Senior Technical Lead makes significant visible impact on project decisions and results while performing the following responsibilities:

• Engage with current customers and business partners alongside the Program Manager to gain insight into future needs and scope growth opportunities, ensuring approaches and activities align with customer requirements and expectations.
• Advise current customers and business partners on the application of Parry Labs offerings to meet their emerging needs.
• Champion actions and initiatives that improve customer satisfaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Systems, or Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in defense or aerospace.
• Demonstrated experience as the primary technical contact for government or OEM customers, including leading Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR).
• Working knowledge of the systems engineering life cycle and DoD acquisition processes.
• Experience planning and controlling engineering cost, schedule, and technical performance using earned value management (EVM), risk management, and tools such as MS Project and JIRA within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience supporting integration, lab, or flight test events at customer or government sites.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work onsite in Plano, TX, and travel to customer sites and test events as required.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to the nature of the work on government contracts; ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred

• Experience with DoD rotorcraft and/or Army Aviation programs.
• Experience with Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) and/or autonomous systems development
• 10+ years of engineering experience in defense or aerospace, including 2+ years as a technical lead, project engineer, chief engineer, or comparable role on DoD programs.
• Familiarity with avionics and aviation mission systems, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards (e.g., FACE, SOSA), and airworthiness or environmental qualification standards (e.g., MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461).
• Experience producing technical deliverables such as analyses of alternatives, gap analyses, recommendation reports, and SOW technical requirements.
• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing, mission-focused teams.

Why Join Parry Labs?

At Parry Labs, we foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and diversity. Employees are given the autonomy to leverage their skills in creating state-of-the-art tech solutions that aid in the protection of the American Warfighter. We encourage new and bold ideas that push the status quo. It is this entrepreneurial spirit that drives us.

Parry Labs will support you with workplace flexibility, a commitment to the health and well-being of you and your family and provide opportunities to work with a purpose. We are committed to supporting your success in both your professional and personal lives with benefits such as education assistance and unlimited paid time off, just to name a few.

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