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Director-Level Chief Engineer
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Director-Level Chief Engineer, with expertise in missile systems and/or missile propulsion systems. This role can be located out of the Missile Solutions Headquarters location in Huntsville, AL, or our Camden, AR or Culpeper, VA sites. This is a critical role for the Missile Solutions Sector of Aerojet Rocketdyne; the person in this position will be deployed as a Chief Engineer for a large business area within L3Harris, responsible for the technical strategy and technical execution of ongoing customer funded efforts. This includes all phases of development from pre-award concept development, proposal development, through design, testing and verification, and on to production, deployment and operational acceptance. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for directing the execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing programs and new pursuits. Essential Functions: Knowledge of DoD and adversary missile systems, and propulsion capabilities and technologies. Leadership of systems and propulsion systems design, with a strong focus on continuous improvement related to meeting design milestones on time, and within budget. Co-ownership of metrics related to MRB and Nonconformance rates and closure times for Production Programs, as well as production delivery metrics. Works to achieve annual business revenue objectives and manage project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization. Identify IR&D efforts and drive alignment with technical roadmaps to create technology differentiators. Leadership of pursuits with emphasis on technical baseline rigor, cost justification, executability, and risk management. Provide mentorship to develop lower-level engineering staff into future Program Chief Engineers, and SME's. Establishes program risks/opportunities, and drives mitigation / realization actions. Lead/establish Independent Review Teams. Responsible for technical issue resolution, ensures root cause is identified and corrective actions are executed to plan Business travel up to 25%. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree engineering, science, or similar technical field with a minimum of 15 years of prior related engineering experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related engineering experience. Active US Secret Security Clearance. 8+ years experience with engineering processes and lifecycle management. 8+ years experience in competitive engineering cost estimation. Prior or current experience leading large, complex, and multidisciplinary teams on engineering development programs. Experience in technical issue resolution, ability to ensure root cause is identified. Able to present results and communicate with customers and senior management. Prior or current experience with technology innovation and owning technology roadmaps, prototyping efforts, and reference architectures. Experience optimizing and leading engineering processes for efficiency and compliance. Experience scaling engineering talent, growing technical teams, and staffing programs effectively to meet customer/program needs. Preferred Additional Skills: Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance. 3+ years of functional management experience, leading a large team >50 resources across multiple disciplines. 5+ years of Missile and Propulsion Systems domain knowledge desired. Strong multi-disciplinary technical breadth in Missiles and Propulsion. Ability to quickly understand missions, customer sets, drive strategy. Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis. Experience with design for manufacturability. Ability to plan and execute internal investment strategy. Experience successfully executing multi-site engineering efforts.
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Director-Level Chief Engineer, with expertise in missile systems and/or missile propulsion systems. This role can be located out of the Missile Solutions Headquarters location in Huntsville, AL, or our Camden, AR or Culpeper, VA sites. This is a critical role for the Missile Solutions Sector of Aerojet Rocketdyne; the person in this position will be deployed as a Chief Engineer for a large business area within L3Harris, responsible for the technical strategy and technical execution of ongoing customer funded efforts. This includes all phases of development from pre-award concept development, proposal development, through design, testing and verification, and on to production, deployment and operational acceptance. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for directing the execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing programs and new pursuits. Essential Functions: Knowledge of DoD and adversary missile systems, and propulsion capabilities and technologies. Leadership of systems and propulsion systems design, with a strong focus on continuous improvement related to meeting design milestones on time, and within budget. Co-ownership of metrics related to MRB and Nonconformance rates and closure times for Production Programs, as well as production delivery metrics. Works to achieve annual business revenue objectives and manage project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization. Identify IR&D efforts and drive alignment with technical roadmaps to create technology differentiators. Leadership of pursuits with emphasis on technical baseline rigor, cost justification, executability, and risk management. Provide mentorship to develop lower-level engineering staff into future Program Chief Engineers, and SME's. Establishes program risks/opportunities, and drives mitigation / realization actions. Lead/establish Independent Review Teams. Responsible for technical issue resolution, ensures root cause is identified and corrective actions are executed to plan Business travel up to 25%. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree engineering, science, or similar technical field with a minimum of 15 years of prior related engineering experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related engineering experience. Active US Secret Security Clearance. 8+ years experience with engineering processes and lifecycle management. 8+ years experience in competitive engineering cost estimation. Prior or current experience leading large, complex, and multidisciplinary teams on engineering development programs. Experience in technical issue resolution, ability to ensure root cause is identified. Able to present results and communicate with customers and senior management. Prior or current experience with technology innovation and owning technology roadmaps, prototyping efforts, and reference architectures. Experience optimizing and leading engineering processes for efficiency and compliance. Experience scaling engineering talent, growing technical teams, and staffing programs effectively to meet customer/program needs. Preferred Additional Skills: Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance. 3+ years of functional management experience, leading a large team >50 resources across multiple disciplines. 5+ years of Missile and Propulsion Systems domain knowledge desired. Strong multi-disciplinary technical breadth in Missiles and Propulsion. Ability to quickly understand missions, customer sets, drive strategy. Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis. Experience with design for manufacturability. Ability to plan and execute internal investment strategy. Experience successfully executing multi-site engineering efforts.