Senior Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (Engineering Program Manager)

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Health benefits

Flexible schedules (9/80)

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. is seeking a Deputy Program Manager, Engineering to oversee cross-functional engineering projects and ensure high quality deliverables.

The role requires hands-on leadership across mechanical, electrical, electro-optical, software, and hardware domains, with strong focus on risk and change management, and collaboration with multiple IPTs and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related Science, Engineering, or Mathematics field with 8+ years experience; or Master's degree with 6+ years experience.
• Security clearance: DoD Secret; U.S. citizenship.
• Hands-on technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, electro-optical, software, hardware domains.
• Experience leading systems engineering lifecycle, requirements, architectures, interfaces, and verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the systems-engineering lifecycle from customer engagement through deployment and sustainment.
• Elicit customer needs and distinguish operational needs from proposed solutions.
• Oversee system architectures, requirements hierarchies, interfaces, and verification strategies.
• Coordinate with program management for customer negotiations and risk management.
• Apply EVMS, CAM, SPI/CPI, and SPC methods to manage complex programs.
• Mentor engineers and develop technical leaders across multiple IPTs.
• Ensure engineering plans, documentation, and processes meet quality standards.

Skills

Systems engineering

Project management

Leadership

Requirements management

MBSE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Cameo/MagicDraw

SysML

Job description

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES

The Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME) is responsible for overseeing engineering projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables and fostering cross-functional collaboration. The role involves managing engineering resources, resolving technical issues, and maintaining project schedules and budgets. The DPME also plays a key role in risk management, performance feedback, and project change management.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with sufficient breadth across mechanical, electrical, electro-optical, software, hardware, and operational domains to augment or assume responsibility for a technical lead overseeing multiple engineering IPTs and programs.

What You Will Do

• Lead the systems-engineering/project lifecycle including customer engagement, development of requirements, concept development, architecture, design, integration, verification, deployment, and sustainment.
• Elicit customer and user needs and distinguish operational needs from proposed solutions.
• Oversee development of system architectures, operational concepts, requirements hierarchies, interfaces, technical baselines, and verification strategies.
• Work with program management to handle customer negotiations and manage interpersonal dynamics.
• Apply project leadership principles, including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Controls for complex programs.
• Anticipate customer technology, process, and operational needs to develop mission critical solutions.
• Lead technical, design, customer, and management reviews; brief technical status, decisions, risks, and recommendations at the level of detail appropriate to the audience.
• Support proposals, technical volumes, basis-of-estimate development, technical risk assessments, and customer technical exchanges.
• Mentor engineers, develop technical leaders, delegate responsibility intentionally, and distribute critical program knowledge across the team.
• Develop and maintain engineering plans as required by the project.
• Ensure all project deliverables (including documentation) are developed with high quality and delivered on time.
• Ensure that all engineering processes adhere to established engineering practices.
• Ensure that total system is integrated, tested, and requirements are validated.
• Identify, develop, analyze, and report engineering project measures internally and externally.
• May manage direct reports and/or be assigned indirect reports for projects or programs.
• Conduct lessons learned after each major phase of the project and implement effective corrective actions as required.
• Manage the resolution of technical issues, communicate the resolution to all affected parties, and ensure that the resolution is carried out in all of the affected artifacts.
• Motivate the engineering team and provides a clear understanding of project goals.

What sets you apart

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly report relevant information and effectively convey project topics to diverse audiences.
• Creative thinker that is motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop next generation solutions.
• Collaborative team leader with commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others.
• Proven success leading the systems development life cycle including strong proficiency with requirements management and system modeling tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills in complex environments.
• Proven organizational and time management skills.
• Leadership skills, including the ability to lead, motivate a team, and resolve conflicts.
• Experience applying digital-engineering and MBSE practices, including Cameo/MagicDraw and SysML concepts, to model the decisions, interfaces, behavior, risks, and traceability that need engineering control.

Our Commitment to You

An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.

Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation's security

Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)

• Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more