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Senior Engineering Manager

Steely
Reston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/3/2025

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-performance engineering team by executing against the mission, vision, and strategy of the Technical Services Division
  • Ensure that the engineering team has the tools and resources they need to succeed
  • Work with program managers to develop requirements and execution plans, staff projects appropriately, ensure progress against plans, and guarantee timely delivery
  • Foster an organizational culture of innovation, curiosity, dedication to mission; cultivate a stimulating and collaborative work environment
  • Work with the senior leadership to achieve the business goals for revenue, retention, and growth
  • Provide expertise and guidance across diverse engineering disciplines including software development, network design, reverse engineering, embedded systems, hardware productizing, and RF communications
  • Manage team leads and their staff members by clearly defining performance expectations and providing corrective action, positive feedback, and rewards as appropriate
  • Mentor engineering staff to provide technical and professional growth opportunities
  • Solicit, evaluate, and act on feedback from individuals in the engineering organization to ensure organizational health and staff career growth
  • Evaluate and mitigate organizational gaps relating to current and future work
  • Partner with program management staff and senior leadership to understand upcoming business and create execution plans
  • Work with team leads to develop appropriate engineering and documentation processes; ensure they are followed for all engineering activities
  • Evaluate and continuously challenge efficacy and necessity of processes to ensure a lean but effective engineering organization
  • Stay current on technologies and trends to be capable of making informed suggestions and decisions to the technology roadmap

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team of technical staff and foster an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture
  • Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Proven ability to create a culture where employees are motivated to succeed through collaboration, clear and open communication, and transparency
  • The ability to adapt to changing circumstances, evolving priorities, and new technologies
  • The ideal candidate will have a BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline
  • The capability to assess risks and to develop risk management strategies and contingency plans to ensure successful execution and delivery
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience with execution of complex interdisciplinary engineering projects in a mission-focused environment
  • Ability to collaborate on development and management of a technology road-map and product portfolio
  • Location : Washington Metropolitan Area with travel to customer sites across the region
  • Potential for 10% travel beyond the Washington Metropolitan Area
  • Our benefits

  • 401(k) match of 6% with immediate vesting
  • Highly subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Flexible time off
  • 11 paid federal holidays
  • Company paid life insurance as well as short and long-term disability coverage
  • Free snacks and drinks
  • Company sponsored weekly breakfast or lunch
  • Awesome holiday parties and other events
  • We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, color, age, military service eligibility or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected class. We encourage and support workplace diversity.

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