Lead Configuration Engineer

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Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Lead Configuration Engineer for its hypersonics line of business. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields Leidos provides responsive cost-effective engineering scientific and IT solutions. The selected candidate will support the Common Hypersonic Glide Body program (CHGB). The CHGB is the Armys #1 priority for strategic weapons capability for long-range precision fires and will counter and gain a lead on our adversaries technological advances in this field come join us in this exciting cutting-edge field.

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Primary Responsibilities.

• Serve as an Engineering Lead with duties that span support of:
  • Hardware and software
  • Test equipment
  • Support engineering and manufacturing activities
  • Working with subcontractors and suppliers on various aspects of the program
• Responsible for managing the current and future technical configurations of the HGB to include:
  • Coordination with the program design agent
  • Managing inputs into technical data packages
  • Ensure efficient transitions from design to production
  • Coordinating test objectives and appropriate hardware allocation
  • Understanding and developing configurations to meet dynamic requirements
  • Working with manufacturing to develop plans to meet the changing needs of our customers

Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school with minimum 8 years of experience.
• 5 or more years engineering technical leadership experience
• Individual must be a self-starter with excellent communication and organizational skills
• Proven significant experience working with inter-disciplinary teams to solve challenging technical problems
• Strong technical background in large integrated products.
• Strong background working directly with customer and suppliers to define and track engineering requirements
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Word Excel PowerPoint).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications.

• 5 or more years experience in systems engineering in aerospace or defense programs
• Prior work in DoD Missile Reentry Vehicle or Hypersonics fields.
• Prior work with defining test plans and hardware configurations to meet requirements intent
• Prior work in a production environment with experience providing engineering support
• Experience with MIL-STD-31000 product level TDP requirements
• Experience working rapidly changing development programs with TRL Levels 3 - 7

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