Provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering support for the development of ruggedized electronic systems used in military fuzing and ordnance applications.
Provide senior technical leadership and guidance for avionics and electronics development for advanced aerospace systems, serving as a technical advisor to government sponsors and guiding multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Compensation
$105,000 Annually
Maximum Rate
$290,000 Annually
Responsibilities
Provide senior technical leadership and guidance for multiple avionics and electronics development efforts supporting prototype reentry vehicles and advanced aerospace systems.
Serve as a technical advisor to government sponsors, helping evaluate development approaches, identify capability gaps, assess technical risks, and inform investment and acquisition decisions.
Guide and assess the development of flight electronics, embedded systems, instrumentation, sensors, power systems, and related avionics technologies.
Evaluate hardware architectures, subsystem designs, development plans, and test approaches to identify technical challenges and recommend solutions.
Provide technical oversight of prototype development activities conducted by APL teams, industry partners, and other organizations, including design, fabrication, integration, and testing.
Requirements
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or another relevant technical discipline
Nice to have: M.S. or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or another relevant technical field
Lead complex projects through all phases of the lifecycle, from requirements elicitation through design and product manufacturing/customer deployment, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks.
Responsibilities
Lead complex projects through all phases of the project lifecycle.
Monitor and control project performance and technical and business risks, implementing corrective actions.
Lead change management activities by assessing impacts and developing adoption plans.
Deliver clear, concise, and accurate project reports, documentation, and presentations.
Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process optimization, standardization, and cost savings.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline
Nice to have: experience developing avionics and electronics for reentry vehicles, ballistic missile systems, hypersonic vehicles, spacecraft, or other advanced aerospace platforms
Nice to have: specialized expertise in flight computers, embedded electronics, power distribution, inertial navigation systems, telemetry, instrumentation, or flight data acquisition
Nice to have: experience with Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Department of Energy national laboratories, or other strategic weapon system organizations
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