Chief Engineer, Precision Strike & Defense Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

AeroVironment seeks a Vice-President level Precision Strike and Defense Systems (PSDS) BGCE, the technical authority for the PSDS Business Group. This leader directs engineers to design, develop, launch, and sustain products, aligning concepts of operations with roadmaps to meet business goals.

The role chairs technical reviews, defines requirements for failure analysis and corrective actions, and acts as a functional leader to PLCEs across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Minimum of 15 years of aerospace product design and sustainment experience; defense experience preferred.
• Experience leading UAS technical teams through the product lifecycle.
• Experience with drawings, BOMs, Engineering Change systems, and quality systems for non-conforming parts.
• Experience in Agile and Waterfall development environments.
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Experience integrating new capabilities onto UAS platforms; flow-down of requirements.
• Ability to plan projects in terms of schedule, budget, and resources.
• Exceptional leadership and management skills; strategic vision.
• Ability to build relationships across disciplines; strong influencing skills.
• Experience with product manufacturing and configuration processes.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Project management experience; MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Act as the overall technical authority for the PSDS Business Group across lifecycle stages.
• Lead a team of engineers to ideate, conceptualize, develop, launch, and sustain products.
• Develop concepts of operations feeding into roadmaps to meet business objectives.
• Chair technical review boards and drive requirements for failure analysis and corrective actions.
• Serve as functional leader to Product Line Chief Engineers (PLCE).

Skills

Leadership

Program management

UAS lifecycle experience

Requirements management

Agile & Waterfall

Communication skills

Budget & scheduling

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

AeroVironment seeks a Vice-President level Precision Strike and Defense Systems (PSDS) BGCE, the technical authority for the PSDS Business Group. This leader directs engineers to design, develop, launch, and sustain products, aligning concepts of operations with roadmaps to meet business goals.

The role chairs technical reviews, defines requirements for failure analysis and corrective actions, and acts as a functional leader to PLCEs across the organization.