Chief Engineer - Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

V2X • Indianapolis, IN • 4h ago

Description

V2X is seeking a Chief Engineer to join our Engineering team in Indianapolis, IN supporting development and integration of advanced systems including situational awareness displays, mission computers, avionics, sensors, mission equipment, and radar systems. Our Indianapolis facility also supports a variety of other product lines serving multiple Department of Defense (DoD) customers, providing the opportunity to work on a diverse set of programs and roles supporting the continued advancement of your career.

The Chief Engineer will support the team and the Program Manager in all aspects of product area execution and customer interface. The position requires in-depth technical domain knowledge, strong communication skills, and ability to build close customer relationships. The Chief Engineer will be part of the leadership team that represents the company to the customer and upper leadership. The Chief Engineer is also responsible to provide technical and programmatic guidance throughout the entire lifecycle to a multi-domain development team, including proactively driving resolutions of issues encountered. The Chief Engineer also provides program support throughout the development life cycle, from concept development, requirements definition, functional analysis, design review support, system implementation, integration, verification, and validation.

The ideal candidate embraces modern development processes and techniques that improve product quality & team productivity. We are looking for engineers that enjoy a challenge and have a passion to support our DoD customers and international allies.

Required Skills:

At least fifteen years of related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware engineering.

Experience providing leadership, technical direction, and guidance to multi-disciplined teams.

Ability to take ownership of the engineering scope within the program and drive the necessary tasks to ultimately ensure the cross-function team meets the technicalrequirements.

Experience leading the development, integration and test of military avionics systems or similarly complex systems.

Experience leading requirements development, hardware and software integration, and requirements verification.

Experience with development, integration, and test of complex systems onto air, sea, and/or ground platforms.

Experience with design, integration, and certification of embedded hardware and software subsystems, transitioning products from development to production, and obsolescence management.

Experience developing technical baselines (requirements/architecture); leading development teams; and developing and reviewing Engineering Change Requests.

Experience leading technical Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) and/or Trade Studies, performing Risk and Opportunity analyses, and tracking and mitigating risks.

Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders including leading both internal and customer design reviews.

Experience working with government customers including the US Army, US Navy, USMC, and/or USAF.

Experience creating Trade Studies and analyzing technical data.

Previous experience as a Lead Systems Engineer, Verification Lead, Integrated Product Team Lead, and/or Product Owner.

Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering methods, tools, and languages.

In-depth understanding of the System Engineering Lifecycle and processes.

Experience managing suppliers and overseeing the development of subsystems and components.

Experience mentoring engineers of all grade levels.

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Desired Skills:

Project management experience including cost, schedule, supplier management, risk, and opportunity assessment.

Experience working the front end of the business, creating/reviewing RFPs, SOWs, BOEs, technical volumes, proposals, cost, and schedule estimates.

Experience implementing performance requirements (i.e. -ilities) such as Reliability, Testability, Maintainability, Producibility, and System/Software Safety.

Knowledge and experience working with digital data standards such as: MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, Universal Armament Interface (UAI), Radio Frequency (RF) communication, and ENET protocols.

Current Active DoD Secret or higher Clearance

Education / Certifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline.

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