Chief Engineer Advanced Maritime Technologies

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering or a related technical field and at least 10 years of related leadership experience in the advancement of maritime technologies. Applicants with a Master's degree and a minimum of 8 years of related leadership experience are also eligible.

Candidates must be able to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret security clearance within a reasonable amount of time after hire, with acceptable timing determined by hiring manager. Due to the nature of work performed in our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Ability to travel is required. Travel is estimated at 25% to 35%.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS), a market leader and technology innovator, is seeking talented professionals to deliver cutting edge solutions to our DoD customers.

GDMS has an immediate opening for the Advanced Maritime Technologies Chief Engineer. Our team works closely with our Navy customers, Government laboratories, and industry partners to develop, deploy, and sustain undersea, surface, and airborne maritime platforms and weapon systems in defense of our nation, allies, and partners.

The selected candidate will contribute to definition of technical strategies and solutions across our Maritime and Strategic Systems line of business. The mission demands we deliver advanced capabilities for our warfighters through high-reliability, affordable, cyber-resilient systems. As the Advanced Maritime Technologies Chief Engineer, you will lead development of technology roadmaps and hold final technical authority over the design, production, installation, and activation of systems that satisfy our customers' functional, behavioral, affordability, interface, and operational requirements. In this role, you will work closely with our Business Development organization to understand customer needs and present conceptual solutions aligned with GDMS capabilities. You will also drive consistent implementation of design-to-cost processes and work to optimize these processes to sharpen competitiveness.

In addition to receiving a competitive salary, flexible work environment, generous health and personal benefits, the successful candidate will enhance the skill set of a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues.

The position is based in Manassas, VA.

General Dynamics Mission Systems believes there are several enabling behaviors that will influence your success as a leader. These behaviors will also serve as leading indicators of your performance and growth as a leader and will serve to build trust from your teams, your customer, and the organization. These behaviors are:

• Develop yourself
• Develop others
• Be a team player
• Communicate effectively
• Develop and sustain the relationships you need to be successful
• Shape culture and positively impact the morale, motivation, and engagement of those around you
• Operate at the right level and deliver on your commitments
• Think and act strategically
• Confront reality
• Take reasonable, managed risks

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced researcher and proven innovator with broad background in various engineering disciplines (e.g., systems, mechanical, electrical, software)
• Experience with full engineering lifecycle of complex maritime systems including concept development, requirements specification, detailed design, integration, test, verification, validation, production, logistics, training, sustainment, and obsolescence management
• Expertise with hydrodynamics, buoyancy and stability, structures and materials, energy systems, sensor integration, autonomy, and command & control
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with universities, national laboratories, small businesses, and other partners to bring the best of academia, commercial enterprise, and the defense industry together in solving tomorrow's technical challenges
• Experience conducting trade studies, concept development, rapid prototyping, and quick-turn proposal preparation
• Proven ability to engage and influence customers, understand requirements, present candidate solutions, and adapt solutions to align with evolving needs
• Development and implementation of technology roadmaps in support of mission objectives, including planning and oversight of Independent Research and Development (IRAD) activities aligned with these objectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to clearly present technical concepts to customer and company leadership, both technical and programmatic
• Experience assessing and managing technical risks and leading the investigation and resolution of high priority technical issues on critical, high visibility programs
• Demonstrated success leading large, distributed, and multi-disciplinary engineering teams in developing and delivering cost-effective solutions to customer problems

Target salary range: USD $210,262.00/Yr. - USD $233,259.00/Yr. This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

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