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Chief Engineer – Weapons Systems
Location
Washington
Posted
155 days ago
Salary
$150K - $180K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Chief Engineer – Weapons Systems
Continuous Composites
• Serve as technical lead for Continuous Composites’ programs involving weapons systems. • Collaborate with customers, including DoW government sponsors and prime contractors. • Review project and customer goals, develop technical requirements, identify relevant trade studies, assess technical risks, and establish risk mitigation plans. • Work with project managers to develop and maintain detailed project plans, including budgets, schedules, and resource allocations. • Lead internal and external resources to design and develop CF3D® solutions that satisfy customer requirements. • Produce reports that bring together concept definitions, requirements, verification test plans and methods, analysis results, and technical recommendations. • Lead the design review process and establish technical maturity milestones and qualification tests, ensuring programs progress through the required DoW Technology Readiness and Manufacturing Readiness Levels. • Collaborate with senior technical experts to establish technical standards to achieve technical excellence in the organization. • Ensure compliance with all relevant DoW regulations, standards, and quality requirements.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant technical role, specializing in weapons system development.
- Experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment.
- DoW development program experience, including customer interface, requirements development, test planning, execution, understanding of Technology Readiness Levels and Manufacturing Readiness Levels and their relevance.
- Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to drive technical results in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Proven history of solving complex customer problems.
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