Leidos Holding
Deputy Chief Engineer - Enduring Shield
Leidos Holding, Huntsville, AL
Description
Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Deputy Chief Engineer candidate to join a multidisciplinary team for the Enduring Shield program at our Huntsville, AL location. Enduring Shield is a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars. The Deputy Chief Engineer will work directly with the Chief Engineer and Program Manager along with organizational leadership to ensure all aspects of the Enduring Shield Program engineering efforts are planned, executed, and communicated to the customer properly.
Primary Responsibilities
The Deputy Chief Engineer will be responsible for engineering technical baselines, ensuring compliance to technical requirements, coordinating engineering effort and leading the engineering organization to define and execute engineering effort. The Deputy Chief Engineer will support long term program planning including technical roadmap for pre-planned product improvements, IRAD objective development and support and other adds/improvements. The Deputy Chief Engineer will be the primary point of contact for program engineering status to the customer and internal business leadership.
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Preference shown to candidates with 8+ years of technical leadership experience
Preference shown to candidates who have experience and/or working knowledge of:
Original Posting Date: 2024-06-27While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Deputy Chief Engineer candidate to join a multidisciplinary team for the Enduring Shield program at our Huntsville, AL location. Enduring Shield is a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars. The Deputy Chief Engineer will work directly with the Chief Engineer and Program Manager along with organizational leadership to ensure all aspects of the Enduring Shield Program engineering efforts are planned, executed, and communicated to the customer properly.
Primary Responsibilities
The Deputy Chief Engineer will be responsible for engineering technical baselines, ensuring compliance to technical requirements, coordinating engineering effort and leading the engineering organization to define and execute engineering effort. The Deputy Chief Engineer will support long term program planning including technical roadmap for pre-planned product improvements, IRAD objective development and support and other adds/improvements. The Deputy Chief Engineer will be the primary point of contact for program engineering status to the customer and internal business leadership.
Basic Qualifications
- Candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.
- Candidate must have 8+ years of relevant experience in the defense industry or 6+ years with MS degree
- Candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently
- Candidate must be comfortable working at a system level, but diving into the technical details when needed
- Candidates must have experience effectively communicating within a team environment and have experience mentoring & guiding team members
- Candidates must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area
- Candidates must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Preference shown to candidates with 8+ years of technical leadership experience
Preference shown to candidates who have experience and/or working knowledge of:
- Missile Systems
- Air Defense Systems
- IBCS (Integrated Battle Command System)
- Leading technical teams including defining technical direction and estimating cost/schedule
- Systems engineering principles and methodologies
- Business development activities including developing briefings, white papers, and proposals
Original Posting Date: 2024-06-27While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.