Deputy Engineering Manager

ARES Corporation; Wallops Island (VA); In loco; USD 140.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

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Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Critical Illness & Accident Insurance

ESOP

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off & Holidays

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ARES Corporation is seeking a Deputy Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team supporting the NASA Wallops Range Contract. You will serve as the second-in-command to the Engineering Manager and act as technical lead and customer liaison for daily activities.

The role focuses on technical excellence, mission readiness, and safe operations across 30+ launches per year, with responsibilities in workload planning, asset sustainment, and infrastructure modernization while ensuring safety and

Competenze

• ABET-accredited engineering degree required.
• 5–10 years progressive engineering experience.
• Strong communication and broad customer interface.
• Strong decision-making balancing technical, schedule, and cost.
• Experience with government contracts, NASA or DoD preferred.
• Experience with complex systems integration and infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle processes.
• Experience with Asset Management and Engineering lifecycle processes.
• Experience with configuration management and technical drawing development.

Mansioni

• Provide leadership to a team of ~30 engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Act as Engineering Manager in their absence and serve as technical lead and customer liaison.
• Oversee workload distribution and resource allocation for 30+ launches per year.
• Maintain safety, quality, and mission assurance standards in all activities.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Decision making

Customer interfacing

Systems engineering

Lifecycle processes

Formazione

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Strumenti

Configuration management

Asset management processes

Technical drawing software

Descrizione del lavoro

POSITION SUMMARY

The Deputy Engineering Manager serves as the second-in-command for all engineering disciplines supporting the NASA Wallops Range Contract, providing critical leadership support to the Engineering Manager. This position assists in managing a team of approximately 30 engineers across multiple disciplines. The Deputy Engineering Manager acts as the Engineering Manager in their absence and serves as the technical lead and customer liaison for day-to-day engineering activities.

This role is responsible for executing technical excellence, operational readiness, and mission success in support of NASA, Department of War, and commercial customer launch and range operations. The Deputy Engineering Manager supports management of workload distribution and resource allocation across 30+ launches per year and ongoing engineering sustainment of assets, infrastructure modernization efforts, and day-to-day range operations support while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and mission assurance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, or related discipline) from an ABET-accredited program
• 5-10 years of progressive engineering experience
• Strong communication skills and ability to interface with a broad range of customer and technical personnel
• Strong decision-making skills with ability to balance technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Experience with government contracts, preferably NASA or DoD programs
• Experience with complex systems integration and infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle processes
• Experience with managing organizational Asset Management and Engineering processes in support of full lifecycle management
• Experience with configuration management, technical drawing development and review

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
• Background in range operations, launch systems, or aerospace test and evaluation highly desired
• Secret security clearance

Other Requirements:

• Must be eligible for and able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Willingness to work occasional extended hours to support mission-critical activities
• Ability to travel periodically (estimated 5%)

ARES Benefits:

• ARES offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Full time employees may participate in:
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA Accounts
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• ESOP
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off & Holidays

ARES is an equal opportunity employer and complies with E-Verify. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law. ARES shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a).