Senior Chief Engineer, Advanced Arresting Gear Systems

General Atomics; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a Chief Engineer for the Advanced Arresting Gear program in San Diego. You will provide technical leadership across development, integration, qualification, and sustainment of AAG and its subsystems.

The Chief Engineer establishes the technical baseline, resolves complex engineering issues, and ensures all program products meet customer, safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements. Travel and clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in engineering or related field with progressive experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Experience with systems engineering processes, requirements management, interface control, configuration management, and verification & validation.
• Defense/aerospace/naval or safety-critical systems experience preferred.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical issues to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Willingness to travel; ability to obtain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for the AAG program and provide engineering leadership.
• Direct the development and execution of technical plans, design reviews, and system integration.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across systems engineering, power electronics, controls, and mechanical domains.
• Coordinate system-level interfaces with aircraft, shipboard, electrical, launch, and support systems.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders to grow the organization’s capability.
• Support proposal development, cost and schedule estimates, and risk management.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Technical communication

Risk management

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Masters/PhD preferred)

Tools

Requirements management

Configuration management

Systems engineering processes

Job description

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a Chief Engineer for the Advanced Arresting Gear program in San Diego. You will provide technical leadership across development, integration, qualification, and sustainment of AAG and its subsystems.

The Chief Engineer establishes the technical baseline, resolves complex engineering issues, and ensures all program products meet customer, safety, quality, cost, and schedule requirements. Travel and clearance may be required.