Advanced Emerging Tech Engineer – Principal

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Missouri seeks a Lead Technical Sprint Execution to drive innovation programs and provide technical leadership across sprint teams. You will translate priorities into actionable work plans, coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure timely delivery of sprint milestones.

The role requires experience in product development, systems engineering, and applied R&D, with a strong emphasis on problem solving and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, technology or related field.
• Several years of technical experience in product development, systems engineering, applied R&D or innovation execution.
• Ability to lead technical teams and coordinate work across direct and dotted-line structures.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Experience leading technical workstreams, sprints, prototypes, or cross-functional projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment.
• Ability to work independently while contributing as part of a team-oriented, highly technical organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical sprint execution for innovation programs with clear direction and timely delivery.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership to team members and align priorities.
• Drive execution of innovation projects across assigned technical focus areas.
• Coordinate with Innovation Core Functions to align resources and capabilities.
• Translate priorities into actionable work plans, sprint goals, and milestones.
• Support problem solving, prototyping, testing, and validation to advance programs.
• Maintain strong communication with project managers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders.
• Identify risks and dependencies early and resolve or accelerate as needed.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of execution processes, tools, and methods.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert in assigned domains.

Skills

Technical leadership

Innovation execution

Project management

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Science

Bachelor's degree in Technology

Job description

• Lead technical sprint execution for assigned innovation programs, ensuring clear direction, accountability, and timely delivery of sprint objectives.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership to team members who report through dotted-line relationships, aligning priorities, deliverables, and technical direction.
• Drive execution of innovation projects across assigned technical focus areas.
• Coordinate closely with Innovation Core Functions to ensure the right technical capabilities and resources are aligned to each sprint or project effort.
• Translate innovation priorities into actionable technical workplans, sprint goals, and execution milestones.
• Support technical problem solving, design decisions, prototyping, testing, and validation activities needed to advance innovation programs.
• Maintain strong communication with project managers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders to support alignment, issue resolution, and execution speed.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and resource constraints early and accelerate or resolve them as needed to keep sprint execution on track.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Innovation Execution processes, tools, and team operating methods.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert in one or more assigned innovation domains.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, or a related technical field.
• Several years of technical experience in product development, systems engineering, applied R&D, or innovation execution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and coordinate work across direct and dotted-line team structures.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Experience leading technical workstreams, sprints, prototypes, or cross-functional project efforts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence across levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment.
• Ability to work independently while contributing as part of a team-oriented, highly technical organization.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading technical teams and executing innovation projects, with a strong focus on problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management. Proficient in translating innovation priorities into actionable plans and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Technical Leadership
• Innovation Execution
• Project Management
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Stakeholder Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Product Development
• Systems Engineering
• Applied R&D
• Technical Workstreams
• Prototyping
• Testing
• Validation
• Sprint Execution
• Technical Direction
• Execution Milestones

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Decision-Making Skills
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Facilitation Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Bachelor's Degree in Science
• Bachelor's Degree in Technology

Industry Keywords

• Innovation Programs
• Technical Capabilities
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Teams
• Dotted-Line Relationships