Chief Systems Engineer – Aerospace Integration & Leadership

avav; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking a Chief Engineer, Systems to act as a technical liaison across Engineering, Program Management, Operations, and Supply Chain, ensuring customer requirements are met within cost and schedule targets. You will oversee a portfolio of engineering projects with a team of engineers and report to the Director of Engineering.

You will mentor engineers, define system requirements, review proposals, and develop design specifications and test plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field.
• 15 years of engineering design or development experience.
• 3 years of project management experience (PMP or CAPM a plus).
• Experience with integrating new capabilities onto platforms, requiring flow-down of requirements to lower-level systems.
• Experience project planning in terms of schedule, budget, and resource estimations.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates customer requirements and identifies platform impacts, cost, schedule, and technical performance risks and communicates those to key stakeholders.
• Contributes to the development of new product requirements through consultations with Program Managers and end customers.
• Assists in the review and analysis of proposals, specifications, and ICDs.
• Assists in defining system requirements and in the generation of specifications for products or sub-systems.
• Provide inputs to preparation of proposal designs, cost estimates, and technical responses with regards to resources.
• Ensures integration efforts satisfy performance requirements, delivery schedule, budget, and cost targets.
• Reviews ECPs, RFDs, and maintains system configuration baselines.
• Mentors and guides engineering personnel to improve technical and leadership skills.
• Works with Program Manager and customer leads to resolve technical issues.
• Creates documentation such as requirements, high-level design specs, and test plans.
• Develops and presents materials for project briefings and design reviews.
• Acts as a resource for development and review of ICDs and CDRLs.
• Partners with senior leadership, manufacturing, quality, supply chain to set priorities and strategic plans.

Skills

Leadership

Systems integration

Communication

Project management

Architecture design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Model Based Engineering tools

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking a Chief Engineer, Systems to act as a technical liaison across Engineering, Program Management, Operations, and Supply Chain, ensuring customer requirements are met within cost and schedule targets. You will oversee a portfolio of engineering projects with a team of engineers and report to the Director of Engineering.

You will mentor engineers, define system requirements, review proposals, and develop design specifications and test plans.