Director of Space Engineering

General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Engineering to join our Space Division in Englewood, CO.

This position reports to the GA-EMS Vice President of Engineering & Innovation and is responsible, through subordinate management, for the planning, managing and technical performance of the Space Engineering group in Englewood, Colorado. Directs all phases of assigned engineering project(s) from inception through completion.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILIITES

• Communicate strategic vision/tactical execution goals to the directorate. Report execution status to the Vice President of Engineering & Innovation.
• Plan and manage staffing to the agreed upon levels in the IRMP. Properly staff key project starts or continuations in the various Program Divisions. Support the creation of precise IMSs that will support two-week look-ahead and critical path reviews. Manage CPI and SPI.
• Maintain an ethical and positive workplace. Perform periodic climate surveys in the directorate, document results and share with staff and peers.
• Responsible for staff effectiveness, availability of required competencies, and staff retention.
• Develop and foster technology road maps, propose, and manage execution of corresponding IRAD projects.
• Foster integrity and accountability. Provide timely and honest feedback, admit mistakes. Commit to project goals and show sense of urgency in completing tasks.
• Develop ways how leadership can distinguish more easily between engineering defects, incorrect IMS logic, or PMO management overreach. This also stimulates accountability and ownership.
• Assure engineering teams have proper training, tools and processes.
• Work through directorate managers, provide coaching to allow them to become effective presenters, to be able to formulate a message and to express it in a few words or slides.
• Instill accountability and ownership. Every staff member should know key dates for projects and should ask for help or alert leadership before a key date is in jeopardy.
• Support existing mentoring program and implement adjacent skills retention initiative.
• Support development of proposal content, create and deliver engineering BOEs that can be met without disenfranchising the engineering corps.
• Foster the engineering/PMO relation by frequent communications and collaborations. Support the Project Management Triad of PM, Chief Engineer, and Project Engineer.
• Create meaningful and measurable metrics that measure engineering performance, and that inform areas and actions for improvement.
• Support winning one major new satellite program.
• Propose and implement new ways to interact more effectively with the military space engineering team in Herndon, VA.
• In addition, the successful candidate will be asked to collaborate with EMS Group executive management to develop and implement current, annual and long-term technical, schedule, quality, business and financial objectives for the Space Engineering directorate.
• Participate in and contribute to the development of annual and long-term objectives for the EMS Group.
• May be responsible for decisions that have serious impact on overall success of the engineering directorate, where erroneous decisions could cause substantial expenditure of time, resources, and funds.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
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Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelors, Master or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as fifteen or more years of progressively complex engineering experience with at least nine of those years having management responsibilities. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Demonstrates detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as comprehensive project management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Must possess the ability to resolve unusually complex management and technical problems and be a technical expert in one or more areas of engineering.
• Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an TS/SCI clearance.
• An active TS/SCI Clearance is desired.

Salary:$155,370 - $289,320Travel Percentage Required 0 - 25Relocation Assistance Provided Provided US Citizenship Required? YesClearance Required? Desired Clearance LevelTop Secret WorkstyleOnsite