HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer Sr. Manager

Standard Job Description

This position is for a Chief Engineer Sr. Manager for the HIMARS Flex program in the Tactical Missiles Advanced Programs (TMAP) program area. The successful candidate will report to the TMAP Area Chief Engineer and be expected to work closely with other TMAP Chief Engineering staff members and the Advanced Programs (AP) Line of Business (LOB) Chief Engineer.

As the HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer you will be the engineering technical authority for the development of the HIMARS Flex Launcher. HIMARS Flex is a transformative evolution of the battle-proven HIMARS Launcher that delivers an Autonomy-enabled palletized Offensive/Defensive Launch System. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will be responsible for ensuring HIMARS Flex design and development efforts are in alignment with overarching Tactical Missiles Advanced Programs (TMAP) common launcher innovation strategies and emerging USG Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program of record requirements. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will partner with and collaborate closely with the TMAP Multi-Domain Launch Electronics (MDLE) Chief Engineer to integrate MDLE and associated Fire Control into the HIMARS Flex Launcher platform. The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer will ensure technical design integrity, oversee system performance, and maintain overall architecture throughout the product life cycle. You will additionally be responsible for ensuring HIMARS Flex efforts are adequately resourced, planned and executed consistent with MFC E&T expectations, guidance and applicable command media.

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO

• Ensuring the technical integrity of the product(s) to meet the customer's/user's needs within the program’s cost and schedule constraints
• Owning the technical baseline and technical issue resolution, and ensuring selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability
• Providing technical inputs to overall architecture and system performance including technical performance measurements and risk assessments
• Conducting reviews with customers & suppliers that identify and mitigate cost, technical, and schedule risks
• Ensuring early risk identification and mitigation, incorporation of lessons learned
• Investing in leader and employee development and critical skill bench strength
• Ability to communicate execution status, technical solutions and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and partner organizations.
• Partner with TMAP Chief Engineer to ensure overall technical rigor and adherence to engineering standards and processes to support the needs of customers

The HIMARS Flex Chief Engineer is a decisive leader capable of the technical management and leadership of a growing team of engineers. You thrive in a rapid and dynamic, collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment and are committed to delivering best-in-class products and solutions

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or Science Field from an accredited college or university
• 12+ years of experience
• Demonstrated experience leading rapid development of pre-production prototype systems
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience transitioning pre-production designs into production
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading multi-disciplinary technical teams with little oversight
• Demonstrated experience managing Technical, Cost, and Schedule performance
• Demonstrated experience developing close working relationships with internal Technical Leadership, IPTs, Functional Leadership and Customer Stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience developing engineering proposals, statements of work and associated engineering artifacts to capture new business
• Ability to travel to customer and supplier locations
• Must possess a DoD Secret Clearance to start

Desired Skills

• Experience in designing, developing and integrating missile launcher systems
• Experience with HIMARS and M270 Launcher Systems
• Experience in integration of missile systems, subsystems and associated interfaces into launch platforms and systems (MFOM & PAC-3 MSE highly preferred)
• Experience in the development and/or integration of autonomous mobility
• Experience in executing rapid capability missile flight test demonstrations
• Experience leading teams across complex program structures
• Experience in the capabilities and use of AI to accelerate complex design and development efforts
• Experience in MBE design and leveraging LM Design Factory capabilities
• Experience in defining and implementing MOSA compliant system architectures