Chief Engineer, Precision Strike & Defense Systems

AV; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AV seeks a high-level engineering leader at Vice-President level to serve as the Precision Strike and Defense Systems (PSDS) BGCE. The role is the technical authority for PSDS and oversees product lifecycle from concept to sustainment, aligning roadmaps with customer needs and business goals.

The BGCE chairs technical reviews, drives RCAs, and leads a small team of Product Line Chief Engineers to deliver integrated defense systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Minimum of 15 years in aerospace product design and sustainment with Defense customers.
• Experience leading UAS technical teams through product lifecycle.
• Experience with drawings, BOMs, and Engineering Change and Quality systems.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall development environments.
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate requirements into product roadmaps.
• Proven leadership and vision development within engineering teams.
• Ability to influence across disciplines without direct control.

Responsibilities

• Act as BGCE, the technical authority for the PSDS Business Group.
• Lead engineers to ideate, develop, launch, and sustain products across lifecycle.
• Develop concepts of operations feeding product roadmaps.
• Chair technical review boards and drive root cause corrective actions.
• Serve as functional leader to Product Line Chief Engineers.

Skills

Leadership

UAS product lifecycle

Technical authority

Communication

Agile/Wasserfall

Budget/schedule planning

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical/Systems Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

AV seeks a high-level engineering leader at Vice-President level to serve as the Precision Strike and Defense Systems (PSDS) BGCE. The role is the technical authority for PSDS and oversees product lifecycle from concept to sustainment, aligning roadmaps with customer needs and business goals.

The BGCE chairs technical reviews, drives RCAs, and leads a small team of Product Line Chief Engineers to deliver integrated defense systems.