Senior Survivability Engineering Lead | Systems & TRB Chair

Jobtailor; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary Survivability Operating Unit, guiding R&D programs across radar, infrared, visual, and acoustic domains. You will set technical direction, coordinate requirements, and ensure compliance with quality standards.

You will mentor teams, interface with customers and senior leadership, manage risk, and steer TRB activities while advancing cross-unit collaboration and program execution in a high-security environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 16 years related professional/military experience; OR Master of Science degree with 14 years; OR Ph.D. with 10 years.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance with a background investigation in the last 6 years or Continuous Evaluation
• Ability to obtain SAP and TS/SCI clearance
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Preferred: DoD Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance and SAP clearances
• Preferred: Experience with US Government customer community in Multi-Spectral Survivability research and development

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-disciplinary engineering team executing research and development projects focused on survivability technologies.
• Conceive, develop, demonstrate, and transition survivability technologies across RF, IR, visual, and acoustic domains.
• Serve as the technical authority for the Operating Unit and provide guidance to IRAD and CRAD programs.
• Define and control technical requirements and ensure coordination across projects.
• Interface with customers and company senior leadership on technical matters.
• Ensure programs follow engineering principles and comply with policies and quality standards.
• Oversee technical performance measures for the Engineering team.
• Chair the Technical Review Board (TRB).
• Support program managers in risk and opportunity management by identifying and owning technical-performance risks.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and training in systems engineering tools and techniques.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Cost and schedule management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master of Science in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

SAP Infrastructure

Modeling & Simulation Tools

Mission Systems Integration

Technical Requirements Definition

Technical Performance Measures

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to lead a multi-disciplinary Survivability Operating Unit, guiding R&D programs across radar, infrared, visual, and acoustic domains. You will set technical direction, coordinate requirements, and ensure compliance with quality standards.

You will mentor teams, interface with customers and senior leadership, manage risk, and steer TRB activities while advancing cross-unit collaboration and program execution in a high-security environment.