Chief Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead technical development and integration for a maritime product from initial concept through delivery.
• Define early architecture, technical approaches, key requirements, and prototype designs for new products.
• Build out development timelines, milestones, and staffing needs for engineering projects.
• Perform system trades and studies on energy storage, vehicle control, volume, mass, and payload capacity.
• Lead a new team to develop and prototype platforms while defining performance parameters for SRR, PDR, and CDR.
• Manage the root cause corrective action process and ensure the reliability and lifetime performance of AUV products.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for IRADs and identify opportunities for design commonality across the division.

What we're looking for

• Deep understanding of ocean-going craft, systems engineering, product development, and overall engineering processes.
• Experience in a senior role leading maritime programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers.
• Experience working on mission-critical DoD systems.
• Proven history of delivering on open-ended problems by balancing technical analysis with rapid test and validation.
• Experience creating and leading teams around a common vision with high ownership over technical solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Marine, Mechanical, Electrical, or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Willingness to travel 25% to customer and test sites.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.