Deputy Chief Engineer, X-BAT

Highlights

• Help build a new class of autonomous combat aircraft redefining airpower.
• Serve as technical deputy guiding X-BAT air vehicle from design to flight test.
• Lead major design reviews and rapid root-cause efforts for complex flight issues.

Ideal candidate

Experienced aircraft-development leader energized by hard problems and rapid execution. Combines broad systems thinking and sound judgment with ownership, urgency and honesty to lead multidisciplinary teams through ambiguity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering or related discipline
• 12+ years of progressive experience developing complex aircraft, military aerospace systems, autonomous aircraft or similarly integrated products
• Demonstrated technical leadership on a complex aerospace system through multiple lifecycle stages from requirements and design through fabrication, integration, test, qualification or production
• Experience establishing and managing system requirements, technical baselines, interface definitions, design reviews, verification plans and engineering risks
• Demonstrated ability to make high-quality technical decisions with incomplete information under aggressive timelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills explaining complex technical issues to executive and customer audiences
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in a fast-paced development environment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance