Engineering Delivery Manager

Engineering Delivery Manager

Arlington VA (Hybrid)

Position Summary

The Engineering Delivery Manager (EDM / EDM Bid) serves as the single-point engineering authority for highly complex software-centric bids and delivery programs. As the accountable owner of the end-to-end engineering solution the EDM defines governs and continuously optimizes the engineering strategy system lifecycle operating model and enabling processes and tools to ensure the successful realization of technically robust certifiable and commercially competitive solutions.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Serve as the senior engineering authority at all Bid and Program Gate reviews (BL/GBU) representing engineering interests and accountability by ensuring full technical validation prior to Cost Commitment Reviews and formal Gate approvals. Actively engage in bid governance forums and client-facing meetings to articulate and defend the engineering solution delivery strategy and integrated schedule.

• Define govern and deliver the Engineering Solution Strategy including the end-to-end system development lifecycle and the tailoring of project-specific engineering processes practices methods and toolchains derived from domain and corporate reference frameworks.

• Author maintain and govern the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and associated engineering management documentation; structure and lead co-engineering activities; approve cascade and enforce lower-level engineering plans subcontractor engineering requirements and technical statements of work.

• Provide end-to-end leadership across the full engineering lifecycle including requirements and specifications management software and systems engineering qualification integration verification validation certification and operational deployment ensuring technical coherence compliance and delivery readiness at each phase.

• Define implement and control reusable engineering instantiation and cost models leveraging prior capitalizations benchmarks and historical performance data to rigorously challenge estimates drive estimate accuracy and support bid competitiveness.

• Champion and enforce Design-to-Cost and Design-for-Performance principles ensuring engineering solutions architectures and delivery approaches are intentionally optimized to balance technical performance schedule risk and cost competitiveness.

• Apply and govern advanced planning scheduling and control disciplines including WBS/OBS structuring milestone and dependency management workload and capacity planning cost modeling and Earned Value Management (EVM) to maintain execution rigor and predictability.

• Define monitor and actively use engineering KPIs and dashboards to assess delivery performance productivity quality and competitiveness and to drive corrective actions and continuous improvement across bids and projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Data Science Computer Science Engineering or a related discipline with a minimum of 9 years of relevant professional experience or 10 years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Extensive demonstrated track record of successfully leading the delivery of large-scale highly complex software-intensive systems within industries relevant to Thales such as aerospace defense air traffic management / air navigation telecommunications or similarly regulated mission-critical environments.

• Proven leadership experience managing and governing large multidisciplinary engineering organizations including direct hierarchical accountability for engineering managers technical leads and senior subject-matter experts across multiple domains.

• Deep end-to-end mastery of the engineering lifecycle encompassing system and software architecture requirements and specification engineering development integration qualification verification validation certification and deployment of operational systems.

• Significant experience leading deployment and operational readiness for complex software-centric solutions including phased and large-scale multi-site and geographically distributed rollouts transition to operations and sustainment considerations.

• Advanced and sustained application of planning scheduling and control disciplines including WBS/OBS structuring milestone and dependency management workload and capacity planning cost and schedule modeling and Earned Value Management (EVM) with a demonstrated ability to produce and defend credible cost and schedule estimates.

• Demonstrated success operating within highly complex matrixed organizations coordinating across disciplines functions suppliers partners and customers in multi-site and multi-country environments.

• Substantial experience with safety-critical and software assurance frameworks including hands-on involvement in certification and compliance activities aligned with standards such as DO-178B/C ED-109A or equivalent domain-specific safety and assurance regulations.

• Proven participation and influence in Bid Capture and Proposal cycles including the ability to shape engineering strategies challenge assumptions defend technical solutions and partner effectively with Sales and Bid teams to secure competitive and executable offers.

Special Position Requirements

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer at the time of hire. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or for assuming sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.

• Must be a US Person as defined in applicable law

We are an equal opportunity employer including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

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The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target is between

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:

Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Well-being Program