General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is seeking a high-performing technical contributor to manage and lead the Advanced Payloads Project Engineering team, supporting end-to-end payload development, integration, and sustainment across GA customer platforms to ensure the nation maintains strategic advantages through ISR and Air Dominance in contested environments.
Requirements
- Experience in developing and integrating hardware and software with various engineering disciplines, including Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Cyber, Autonomy, AI/ML, and Software.
- Direct Technical expertise and experience with more than one of the following: Multi-Mode Radars, EO/IR systems, Advanced IRST, Electronic Warfare systems, Multi-INT systems, Antennas, Countermeasures, Communications, Tactical Datalinks, Automation, Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (A3I), HMI/UI, Cybersecurity, Software Architectures, Open Architectures and Standards (AMS GRA, OMS, FACE, STANAG), Networking, Modeling & Simulation, operational use of sensor systems.
- Ability to resolve complex technical problems.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Technical expertise in the application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as project management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
- Experience with Product Management, Proposal Development, Basis of Estimation, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); Commercial and/or DoD Product development experience.
- Familiarity with system interconnect diagrams, interfaces and ICDs for UCAV mission systems.
- Experience with configuring, integrating, simulating, testing, and evaluating tactical data link networks and topologies.
Responsibilities
- Project Engineers: Lead multi-disciplinary teams, innovate, design, integrate, test, qualify, and rapidly field advanced technologies and mission systems onto GA-ASI ISR and UCAV platforms.
- Payload Development: Lead architecture, requirements, design and test of payload technologies such as Radar, RF Sensors, IR Sensors, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Self Protect, ELINT/COMINT/SIGINT, Airborne Early Warning, Laser Tech, and Communications to meet mission objectives.
- Platform Integration: Lead integration of payloads and complete mission packages including sensors, comms, mission compute, C2, and dissemination in a highly integrated environment through System Integration Lab, Ground, and Flight Test.
- Payload Sustainment: Lead continued sustainment of payloads including customer and vendor management, DMSMS, LRIP, transition to production, payload maturation, and product management across the fleet of fielded systems.
- Team Leadership: Lead and manage a high-performing team of Project Engineering supervisors and staff, ensuring alignment with business and strategic objectives, and allocating technical resources to achieve stated and program objectives.
- Program Execution: Lead diverse multi-functional engineering teams to meet critical program milestones and successfully execute programs within defined cost and schedule parameters.
- Technical Reviews: Perform system analysis, conduct trade studies, author technical white papers, and generate customer technical data packages.
Other
- Typically requires a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as eleven or more years of progressively complex engineering experience.
- Must have previous experience in technical leadership with an emphasis on product development through the entire V-cycle as well as product innovation through a first principles approach.
- Must have previous experience in personnel leadership with an emphasis on training, mentoring, and maintaining quality of deliverables.
- Must be customer-focused, able to work independently and in a team environment, and willing to work extended hours and travel as required.
- US Citizenship Required
