Program Management
$153,000–$284,000 year
On-siteWilmington, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Lead requirements traceability and development of test plans to verify requirements for space-based, visible, and IR payload systems. Perform technical analysis, manage specifications, and generate design review documents while executing design trades to support technical decisions. Lead design reviews, integration and test of electro-optical/infrared systems, and product test efforts including requirements sell-off and data package generation. Support data analysis, modeling, and simulation while evaluating customer needs to define system performance requirements and mitigate program risk. Mentor a team of Systems Engineers and contribute to proposal activities and program planning. Work on-site in Wilmington, MA with a 9/80 schedule, supported by relocation assistance and a sign-on bonus up to $50K.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in engineering
- Active Secret security clearance
- 5+ years of systems engineering technical leadership experience
- 5+ years experience with aerospace or space-based payload or vehicle systems
- Professional experience performing technical analysis, managing specifications, and generating design review and technical documents
- Professional experience leading product test and design verification, requirements sell-off, and end item data package generation efforts
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Desired Qualifications
- Experience designing, procuring, fabricating and/or testing laser subsystems or focal plane array subsystems
- Experience with active and passive remote sensing (LIDAR/Laser/Focal Plane Subsystems)
- Systems engineering experience in electro-optical hardware development
- Experience leading large space programs across the full system lifecycle
- Comfortable negotiating technical and non-technical scope with customers
- Technical Subject Matter Expertise in optical, electro-optical, electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, or equivalent engineering discipline
- Experience generating/managing requirements at various levels of the system and flowing down requirements to sub-systems/sub-components
- Experience using DOORS and/or MBSE software such as CAMEO and MagicDraw
- Relevant experience with the design, manufacture, integration, test and sell-off of space-based EO/IR subsystems
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
- Experience leading program milestone reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, FCA/PCA, PSR)
- Ability to collaborate across all levels of leadership
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, ability to interact with a cross functional team, act as customer interface
- Ability to architect an end-to-end space system with a full understanding of the product lifecycle
- Experience with project management aspects of technology development programs
- Experience with estimating and managing costs & creating and managing schedules
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