Title:  Sr Scientist, Project Engineering - Palm Bay or Fort Wayne (Top Secret)

Job Title: Sr Scientist, Project Engineering

Job Code: 29104    

Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN and Palm Bay, FL

Job Description:

Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts.

Essential Functions: 

• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
• Develops, oversees, and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.
• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.
• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).
• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities)
• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
• Experience in the following engineering areas: IMS/WBS/EVMS/PE tasks with regard to ground-to-space communications (SV command and control tools, mission scheduling, navigation, test, LEOps, and Mission/Nominal Operations). NRL tool suite a plus, small-sat production/launch a plus.
• TOP SECRET clearance required.
• Program baselining, planning, IBR process experience. Ground satellite operations experience
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 15 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience

• Leadership capability to guide business or functional teams without formal management role.
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Experience in satellite payload and space vehicle development

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus
• Experience with management of design to cost activities
• Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities
• Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities
• Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques

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