Description
Leidos' Defense Systems Mechanical Design & Analysis Department is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, Alabama, designing the next generation of air defense launchers to protect America and its allies.
You will lead an Integrated Product Team (IPT) as they develop the All-Up-Round-Magazine (AUR-M) product, directing the technical work of a team of engineers, ensuring their work meets program requirements, schedule milestones, and budget constraints.
Primary Responsibilities
- Integrated Product Team Leadership: Own overall execution performance for the IPT scope, lead cost, schedule, and technical performance alignment for the hardware team, and ensure program commitments are executable and aligned to baseline objectives.
- Technical Oversight: Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on program objectives, partner with subsystem leads and engineering teams to ensure technical alignment supports program goals, and drive disciplined execution and proactive risk management across the IPT.
- Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify, assess, and manage IPT risks and opportunities, and develop and implement mitigation plans to address risks and capitalize on opportunities.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Provide clear and concise status communication to leadership and stakeholders, represent the IPT in governance forums and lead design reviews, and maintain compliance with contractual requirements and internal governance standards.
- Execution Excellence: Drive issue resolution across functional boundaries to ensure program success and promote a culture focused on outcomes, execution discipline, and continuous improvement.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET-accredited university
- 8+ years of applicable experience or 6+ years with MS degree
- Experience leading a team of engineers to develop solutions that meet technical, cost, and schedule requirements
- Strong Creo CAD user
- Strong desire to lead, guide, and mentor
- Active secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Windchill PLM experience
- Design and/or Integration experience in mobile equipment, tactical trailers, mechanism design, or design for manufacturability