• Typically requires a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as eleven or more years of progressively complex engineering experience. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education. • At least five years of management experience is preferred. • Demonstrates broad technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones, with significant experience in project leadership and project management. • Must possess the ability to resolve management and technical problems. • Requires strong skills in management, project management, leadership, communication, systems engineering, and engineering technical disciplines. • Extensive experience and knowledge systems engineering processes, and best-practices. • Detailed knowledge and extensive application of risk management, change management, scope management, earned value management, schedule management • Detailed knowledge and understanding of system verification and validation • Experience with lifecycle planning, and integration for DOD systems is desired. • Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives • Must be capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact, as well as providing leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals. • Customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment. • Contract orientation: understand and apply statement of work requirements, familiarize stakeholders with contract and organization requirements. • Detailed working knowledge of PLM/Windchill is desired. • Strong computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project) are required. • Multi-tasking team player with a hands-on approach; customer-focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems. • Demonstrated ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads of technical team to meet established deadlines or milestones • Broad, multi-disciplinary technical expertise and a history of applying of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice in a dynamic environment. • Previous DOD experience highly desirable. • Must be customer focused and able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment and able to work extended hours and travel as required. Travel Expectations: 10-20% • Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret or higher security clearance is required.