Senior Lead Engineer & Technical Advisor — Air-to-Ground Weapons

Trinzic; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor to provide SME technical leadership for rapid development, test and production of a high-priority air-to-ground weapon program. The role interfaces with Government leadership, delivering independent engineering judgments across the weapon system lifecycle.

Location is on-site at Eglin AFB, FL with standard core hours. You will mentor engineers, lead reviews, and ensure alignment of requirements, design, verification,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, computer science, mathematics, or related technical discipline.
• Extensive experience in defense acquisition, weapon-system, aerospace, missile, or guided-m munition programs.
• Led senior technical teams and interfaced with Government and industry.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical advisor for a priority air-to-ground weapon program.
• Provide technical leadership across requirements, design, integration and verification.
• Advise on risks, tradeoffs, issues, dependencies, and recommended actions.
• Lead technical reviews, risk boards, configuration-management activities, and milestone prep.
• Evaluate interfaces, architectures, changes and lifecycle objectives.
• Support development of baselines, performance specs, and data packages.
• Coordinate across air vehicle, weapon, mission-planning, guidance, software, and support equipment interfaces.
• Review contractor artifacts and corrective-action plans.
• Support development, testing, qualification, and verification activities.

Skills

Secret Clearance

Lead Engineer

Systems Engineering

Air-to-Ground Weapons

Independent Technical Advisor

Technical Leadership

ACAT Program Experience

Stakeholder Communication

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

KBR is seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor to provide SME technical leadership for rapid development, test and production of a high-priority air-to-ground weapon program. The role interfaces with Government leadership, delivering independent engineering judgments across the weapon system lifecycle.

Location is on-site at Eglin AFB, FL with standard core hours. You will mentor engineers, lead reviews, and ensure alignment of requirements, design, verification,