Lead Threat Engineer

Astrion; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

System Engineering Group (SEG) is seeking a Lead Threat Engineer to technically lead and oversee projects for US Navy and Missile Defense Agency programs. Location is Columbia, MD with Secret clearance eligibility. Salary ranges from $140,000 to $200,000 per year.

The role requires strong leadership, modeling and simulation experience, and the ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines and software teams to deliver defined outcomes.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with ability to obtain/maintain DoD Secret clearance.
• BS in Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, CS, Physics or related STEM field.
• 7+ years of total work experience in engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in model and simulation development.
• 3+ years leading projects and teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience developing and presenting briefing materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead major engineering projects for Navy and MDA programs.
• Develop a technical path forward and oversee execution by staff.
• Ensure projects are on time, on budget, and meet requirements.
• Maintain project schedules with discipline leads.
• Coordinate across trajectory, RF, CAD, Design, and software teams.
• Oversee products, documentation and briefing material.
• Lead internal and external milestone reviews with the customer.
• Contribute to technical project development as needed.
• Collaborate with program management to map requirements to technical groups and plan V&V.
• Provide input to SEG technical roadmap and identify new capability areas.
• Ensure SEG standards and philosophy are applied across development efforts.
• Travel up to 5% of time.

Skills

DoD clearance

Leadership

Communication

Modeling & simulation

Project management

Briefing

Education

BS Degree in STEM

MS degree (preferred)

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Lead Threat Engineer

Location: Columbia, Maryland
Job Status: Full Time
Clearance: Secret
Salary: $140,000 - $200,000

System Engineering Group (SEG) is seeking a Lead Threat Engineer to technically lead and oversee projects for US Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs. Position is located in Columbia, MD.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Must have or be able to obtain DoD security clearance at the Secret level. Must be able to maintain the required clearance. Eligibility for cleared access in this instance requires US citizenship.
• BS Degree: Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math or similar STEM degree
• 7+ years of total work experience
• 3+ years of experience in model and simulation development
• 3+ years of experience leading projects and teams
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Experience developing and presenting briefing material

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Active or current DoD security clearance at Secret level or above.
• MS degree in relevant discipline listed above
• 10+ years of total work experience
• Demonstrated experience working with government (Navy and MDA) and DoD contractors in a digital development environment
• Familiarity with threat engineering including the digital design and characterization of threat missile systems from a trajectory, RF signature, IR signatures, CAD, phenomenology, EA/EP perspective
• Familiarity with project tracking software such MS project, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Knowledge of aerospace /defense systems technology domains

Responsibilities

• Lead major engineering projects
• Develop a technical path forward and oversee development by engineering staff
• Ensure projects are executed accurately, on time, and on budget
• Develop and maintain project-level schedule in coordination with discipline leads
• Provide cross-coordination between multiple engineering disciplines (e.g., trajectory, RF, CAD, Design, etc.) and software teams to define tasking and develop consistent products
• Provide oversight, direction, and review for all products, documentation, and briefing material
• Lead internal and external milestone reviews for the project/customer
• Directly contribute to technical project development as required
• Work with program management to ensure requirements are mapped to the appropriate technical group for the current funded efforts and a V&V plan is in place
• Provide input to the SEG technical roadmap
• Identify new capability development areas for the engineering directorate to improve support of customer needs and coordinate efforts with technical branches
• Ensure SEG engineering vision, standards and philosophy are applied to all development efforts
• Travel anticipated at 5 percent of time or less