Chief Engineer – Weapons Systems
Continuous Composites
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Alabama, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Serve as technical lead for Continuous Composites’ programs involving weapons systems.
- Collaborate with customers, including DoW government sponsors and prime contractors.
- Review project and customer goals, develop technical requirements, identify relevant trade studies, assess technical risks, and establish risk mitigation plans.
- Work with project managers to develop and maintain detailed project plans, including budgets, schedules, and resource allocations.
- Lead internal and external resources to design and develop CF3D® solutions that satisfy customer requirements.
- Produce reports that bring together concept definitions, requirements, verification test plans and methods, analysis results, and technical recommendations.
- Lead the design review process and establish technical maturity milestones and qualification tests, ensuring programs progress through the required DoW Technology Readiness and Manufacturing Readiness Levels.
- Collaborate with senior technical experts to establish technical standards to achieve technical excellence in the organization.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant DoW regulations, standards, and quality requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant technical role, specializing in weapons system development.
- Experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment.
- DoW development program experience, including customer interface, requirements development, test planning, execution, understanding of Technology Readiness Levels and Manufacturing Readiness Levels and their relevance.
- Effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to drive technical results in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Proven history of solving complex customer problems.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
weapons systems developmenttechnical requirements developmentrisk mitigation planningproject managementdesign and developmentverification test planningTechnology Readiness LevelsManufacturing Readiness Levelsanalytical problem-solvingcritical thinking
Soft skills
effective communicationpresentation skillsinterpersonal skillsorganizational abilitiesmultitaskingattention to detailsynthesis of complex informationleadershipcustomer problem-solvingdriving technical results
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering