Responsibilities

Summary of Responsibilities
We are looking for a Systems Director for the Program Engineering Department (LED) within Directorate L, Electronic Programs Division.  The Systems Director will work with the Aerospace management team and provide direct customer support to the program for the spacecraft bus, payload, and ground element. Additionally, the Program Engineering Department provides support for acquisition planning, system performance analysis, design review, anomaly resolution, and requirements analysis.  

Key Functions

• Provides leadership, planning, and direction of LED technical staff.  
• Assigns resources and coordinates activities with Dir L management, Aerospace Engineering Matrix management, and the program’s government customer.  
• Establishes Directorate L objectives and goals and communicates them to members of the technical staff, and interfacing matrix organizations.  Sets performance standards and assess sufficiency and quality of organizational and individual performance.  
• Participates with the Directorate’s management team in determining organizational structure and staff, staffing needs, and support resource needs.  Participates in budget planning and allocation of resources.  Reports organization activities, progress and achievements through written and oral feedback to management, subordinates, and the government customer.
• Communicates frequently with LED customer leadership to coordinate and report work progress, issues, and results.  Participates actively in day-to-day technical task planning and issue resolution. 
• Oversees technical aspects of the program including requirements, design, qualification, acceptance, integration and test, and verification.  Upholds technical standards to ensure mission success and facilitates direct communication with the customer regarding technical and programmatic risks.  Helps establish, document, and communicate the Aerospace program office risk position.
• In all things, represents Aerospace by embodying the Corporate Values and managing with these in mind.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or an appropriate technical discipline from a recognized institution
• 12 or more years of experience in major system acquisition
• Understanding of the SIGINT Mission and specific program requirements 
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills must be demonstrated by the ability to work effectively in a program office environment
• Ability to form strong Subject Matter Expert support teams, and a trusted government counterpart relationship
• Ability to work effectively with senior government and contractor management
• Demonstrated ability to influence program decisions to preserve mission and/or lower risk
• Experience leading or directing technical teams
• Current TS/SSBI
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government.  U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced degree in science, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or an appropriate technical discipline from a recognized institution
• Specific technical experience in satellite bus, payload, or ground subsystems and a demonstrated ability to resolve technical issues with space hardware or software
• Supervisory experience managing technical staff, broad experience across the program life cycle, and experience working with senior level customers is highly desired
• Recognized depth in one or more core technical competencies used in delivering the space segment
• Working knowledge of Aerospace Engineering Matrix and Laboratory capabilities and personnel

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