Technical Excellence Engineering Supervisor

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to support our work as a prime contractor on a high-profile U.S. Navy weapon system. The ideal candidate will be someone who can lead a team of four to seven Senior Engineers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) toward meeting a set of objectives, demonstrate the behaviors to effectively communicate, coordinate, collaborate, and work in a visible and proactive manner across organizational boundaries to deliver positive results. This role is fit for someone who can be a highly engaging, team-oriented, problem solving, and self-starting individual able to respond rapidly to a dynamic programmatic environment.

As the Technical Excellence Engineering Manager for the System Test program area, your responsibilities span engineering management, personnel management, and customer relationship management including:

Customer Relationship Management

• Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with GS-14 level US Navy customers/clients to solve technical problems and implement solutions of high complexity.

• Regularly (2-3 times per quarter) brief technical issues, statuses, and proposed solutions to GS-15 level US Navy customers for information and decision

• Occasionally (2-3 times per year) brief technical issues, statuses, and proposed solutions to SES level US Navy customers for information and decision

Engineering Management

• Establish and execute development objectives for Senior Technical Personnel

• Establish and execute Technical Excellence plans and objectives for the entire System Test Program Area to ensure technical rigor in all deliverables

• Establish and execute Technical Knowledge Management plans and objectives for the entire System Test Program Area to ensure knowledge is being transferred from Senior Technical Personnel to new and early career Engineers, to identify and correct technical knowledge gaps and single-point-failures, and establish sustainable Knowledge Management practices for long-term Program Area success

• Develop the solutions to complex technical problems, and lead engineers in implementing the solutions.

• Establish the solutions to complex technical problems, which will serve as precedent for future decisions (e.g. system verification strategies).

• Present technical topics on behalf of the BAE Systems team in support of our position as experts in the field of SWS System Level Testing

• Manage the Test Development and Test Documentation authoring activities including maintaining related requirements documentation (Test Data Requirements Document and Test Programs Requirement Document) as well as conduct of analysis and issuance of Test Analysis Reports for test data produced via the Test process.

• Manage execution of engineering capabilities (people, process, tools) and work products (deliverables) in the areas of systems test policy and process definition.

• Ensure the timely development of system test products to support issuance of contract deliverables.

• Support System Test activities across the engineering lifecycle, for a complex systems-of-systems, including the mapping of requirements to system attributes and interfaces.

• Identify System Test assessment characteristics that can be gathered from component level development testing activities for use in system level integration assessments.

• Support the test team in the execution of compatibility and interoperability assessments to ensure the entire system will have the form, fit, and function to execute the intended mission(s).

• Support Test leadership in the development of presentations and materials to support technical meetings and program reviews.

• Attending meetings, as necessary, to support tasks above. Some meeting may occur offsite, requiring local travel to Washington, DC or subsystem development/testing facilities.

• Applying Modeling-based Systems Engineering tools to develop digital engineering products

Personnel Management

• Functional management over a four-to-seven-person team to include performance and development objective setting, conduct of semi-annual performance reviews, personnel development and training, annual salary planning, and hiring/onboarding of new personnel.

• Assemble, lead, and manage high-performance team focused on delivering engineering products and developing innovative solutions to complex mission and business challenges.

• Assemble, lead, and develop team with the correct experience-mix to achieve both performance goals as well as financial goals

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Bachelor s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/System Engineering or other related science degree and ten years of relevant experience or fourteen years of SSBN SWS experience in lieu of a degree

• 10 years experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs

• Experience in Test and Evaluation methodologies including test planning, execution, and reporting

• Experience in System/Subsystem level testing

• Experience in research and data analysis

• Experience in engineering design, fabrication, interface definition, and requirements verification / system testing

• Experience with leading projects involving multiple team members

• Experience with presenting project status to management and/or the customer

• Experience in organizing and hosting meetings involving multiple stakeholders

• Must possess strong organizational, time management, and project management skills

• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency with PC and MS Office suite including MS Project

• Willingness and ability to travel

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience in managing a team of Engineers

• 12 years experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs

• Experience with the Navy SSP or TRIDENT programs

• Experience with Navy Submarines (e.g. Missile Technician (MT) or Navigation Electronics Technician (NAV ET))

• ASEP or CSEP certification

• Experience with DoD weapons system

• Experience in research and data analysis

• Experience preparing for and leading design reviews or customer meetings

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Technical Excellence Engineering Supervisor

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