Engineering Operations Lead (Job ID:4628)

Valkyrie Enterprises Inc.; Huntsville (AL); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical/dental/vision options

Life and disability insurance

401k with match

Education reimbursement

Paid holidays & PTO

Descripción de la vacante

Valkyrie Enterprises Inc. in Huntsville, AL seeks an Engineering Operations Lead to synchronize Targets Systems Engineering and manage executive rhythms for high-tempo government programs.

You will coordinate cross-directorate activities, sustain governance baselines, and drive tasking through ETMS2 and DoD processes. The role requires a Master’s degree in engineering or STEM with 12+ years of experience and strong proficiency in Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and DoD document workflows.

Formación

• Master's degree in engineering or STEM with 12+ years' experience.
• Track record managing operational battle rhythms, executive briefing consolidation, and technical meeting execution for senior military/civilian leaders.
• Experience tracking and adjudicating review comments using formal systems (e.g., DoD Form 100).
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition lifecycle documentation (CARD, SEP, PESHE, TEMP).
• Strong routing of executive correspondence, Staff Summary Sheets, and official action packages.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).
• Working knowledge of ETMS2 or similar DoD correspondence management tools.

Responsabilidades

• Executive Engineering Battle Rhythm & Operational Briefings: manage weekly staff meetings, prepare inputs, and deliver pre-brief packages to leadership.
• Agency-Level Integration: coordinate and submit executive updates on requirements baselines, schedules, and technical milestones.
• Directorate Staff Calls: aggregate programmatic and technical status briefings for leadership.
• Engineering Technical Reviews: track and report milestone reviews across target portfolios.
• Tasker & Workflow Management: triage, distribute, and close active taskers in ETMS2.
• Classified & Sensitive Tasking: route inputs across SIPRNet/NIPRNet with OPSEC adherence.
• Public Release & Media Requests: facilitate reviews and drafting Staff Summary Sheets.
• Data Management & Lifecycle Governance: maintain baseline archives and program documentation.

Conocimientos

Operational battle rhythms

Executive briefing consolidation

Technical meeting execution

ETMS2 familiarity

DoD document lifecycle

Routing executive correspondence

Microsoft 365 proficiency

SharePoint knowledge

DoD Form 100 experience

Educación

Master's degree in engineering or STEM

Herramientas

Microsoft 365

ETMS2

SharePoint

DoD Form 100

Descripción del empleo

Position: Engineering Operations Lead (Job ID:4628)

Location: Huntsville, AL

Job ID: 4628

# of Openings: 1

Engineering Operations Lead

Contingent upon prime contractor approval

Purpose

• Valkyrie Enterprises has need for a Engineering Operations Lead in Huntsville, AL to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Program Directorate (DTT) within the Chief Engineer / Targets Systems Engineering Division (DTTE).
• In this role, you will serve as the central operational integrator and technical synchronization point for Targets Systems Engineering. You will manage high-tempo executive engineering rhythms, direct tasker operations through government systems (ETMS2), coordinate major lifecycle and governance baseline documentation, and orchestrate cross-directorate communications across Targets stakeholders, prime contractors, and partner organizations.

Job Description

• Executive Engineering Battle Rhythm & Operational Briefings
  • Targets Systems Engineering (DTTE) Weekly Staff: Manage end-to-end rhythm for weekly division staff meetings. Coordinate chart inputs, consolidate technical presentations on the portal, manage facility logistics, and deliver pre-brief packages to key leadership
  • Agency-Level Integration (MDA/DE SE Weekly Staff): Coordinate, synthesize, and submit executive updates on requirements baselines, schedule changes, and technical accomplishments to the MDA Directorate for Engineering (DE)
  • Directorate Staff Calls (DTT Bi-Weekly): Aggregate and format Directorate-wide programmatic and technical status briefings for the Program Director and Front Office leadership
  • Engineering Technical Reviews (ETR): Track, de-conflict, and report 30/60/90-day major target program technical milestone reviews across target portfolios to DE. Harvest and deliver post-review Executive Summaries to agency leadership within required timeframes
• Tasker & Workflow Management (ETMS2 Action Officer)
  • Action Officer Operations: Serve as the primary DTTE Action Officer in the Enhanced Tasking Management System 2 (ETMS2). Triage, distribute, monitor, and drive timely closure for Congressional, OSD, and internal agency active taskers
  • Classified & Sensitive Tasking: Handle, ingest, and route classified and unclassified tasker inputs across SIPRNet and NIPRNet repositories with strict adherence to OPSEC and handling guidelines
  • Public Release & Media Requests: Process and facilitate Industry Requests for Media Engagement and MDA Public Release (PR) packages. Coordinate reviews with Acquisition, Legal, and Strategic Communications, drafting Staff Summary Sheets
  • Annual Historical Summaries & Data Calls: Lead the annual DTTE Historical Summary collection and coordinate inputs for Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) data calls and technical conference attendance nominations
• Systems Engineering Governance & Lifecycle Documentation
  • Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD): Serve as lead operational integrator for the annual DT Targets CARD update supporting the President's Budget submit to Congress. Conduct kickoff alignments across project management shops (Logistics, Acquisition, Contracts, Software, Cyber, and IMTP Manifest teams). Consolidate classified and unclassified appendices, adjudicate comments via Form 100, generate Staff Summary Sheets, and shepherd packages through executive sign-off
  • PESHE Program Maintenance: Manage biennial updates to the Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE) in coordination with Targets Quality (DTOQ) and Environmental Management (DSF)
  • Baseline Plans & SOP Governance: Oversee the review cycle, administrative accuracy, Form 100 comment matrix adjudication, formal routing, and publishing of core program documentation
  • Data Management & Configuration Control: Maintain configuration-controlled baseline archives on designated agency SharePoint portals, DOD365 environments, and SIPR shared networks

Qualifications

• Must have a Master's degree in engineering or STEM with at least 12+ years' experience.
• Must have demonstrated track record managing operational battle rhythms, executive briefing consolidation, and technical meeting execution for senior military and civilian leaders.
• Must have direct experience tracking and adjudicating review comments utilizing formal systems (e.g., DoD Form 100 comment matrices).
• Must have familiarity with DoD acquisition lifecycle documentation (e.g., CARD, SEP, RMP, PESHE, TEMP).
• Must have strong administrative rigor in routing executive correspondence, Staff Summary Sheets (SSS), and official action packages.
• Must have expert proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).
• Must have working knowledge of task tracking systems (ETMS2 or similar DoD correspondence management tools).

Desired Qualifications

• Prior direct experience supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), specifically the Targets and Countermeasures Directorate (DTT) or Engineering Directorate (DE), preferred.
• Working familiarity DoW / MDA workflows, preferred.
• Experience coordinating across multi-organization teams including US Army DEVCOM (S3I), prime target hardware vendors, and national labs/FFRDCs, preferred.
• Proven ability to operate semi-autonomously, establish deadlines, and effectively de-conflict competing technical and programmatic priorities under tight turnarounds, preferred.

Security Requirements

• Must have an Active Secret clearance and the ability to qualify for a TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to maintain it.

Travel Requirements

• Minimal Travel; 10% or less
• If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id)

Physical Requirements

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
• Able to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Communicating with others to exchange information
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds

Pre-Employment Requirements

Any offer of employment with Valkyrie Enterprises is contingent upon the successful completion of all applicable pre-employment requirements. Depending on the position, these may include a criminal background investigation, employment and education verification, pre-employment drug screening, driving record review, security clearance eligibility, government installation access, and any other customer or contract-specific requirements. Failure to successfully meet any required pre-employment condition may result in the withdrawal of the contingent offer of employment.

Valkyrie strictly adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. This policy is based on Valkyrie's commitment to hire and retain qualified employees consistent with position requirements; and to seek, employ, promote and treat all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information or sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.

Benefits

• medical/dental/vision options
• company paid life and disability insurances
• 401k with match
• education reimbursement
• company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)