Senior Project Engineer - Optomechanical Lead

ively contribute to and lead team environments, and communicate effectively to management, coworkers, and customers. You must also be self-motivated and highly organized with a focus on managing customer expectations with a constant goal of generating high quality products that exceed stakeholder expectations. In this role you will also serve as integrated product team lead (IPT) and the control account manager (CAM) oversight across multiple programs. The position will have responsibility for planning, tracking, and execution of complex tasking within technical, schedule, and budget constraints. The program involves diverse technology areas including large scale composites, structures, mechanical systems, payload environment control, and system integration. The position will also be customer facing and represent the program in the absence of the program manager.

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• Primary Responsibilities

The Senior Project Engineer - Optomechanical Lead will have a key impact on program execution across the WFOV portfolio and will:

• Evaluate and guide daily execution activities in support of the program manager(s)
• Lead IPT meetings as required and set expectations for the project team(s)
• Actively manage risk and identify opportunities at the IPT level including working with the IPT to develop mitigation strategies and plans to realize opportunities
• Identify capability or process gaps and provide recommendations for improvement
• Coordinate program activities across multiple functional activities
• Foster intra-project coordination and communication
• Aid program manager(s) in mitigating cost, schedule, and technical risks related to materials used on the program
• Plan and execute a hardware centric project
• Routinely evaluate program technical and programmatic metrics to ensure successful execution
• Create project plans and maintain project objectives
• Define tasks and required resources
• Assist with assembling and managing project team
• Work with program schedulers to maintain schedule
• Oversight of the technical scope under the assigned control accounts
• Support to earned value reporting to the customer
• Development, management, coordination and presentation of various informational products to support:

  • Weekly Program Management Reviews (PMRs)

  • Weekly senior management meetings

  • Monthly internal and external programmatic reviews

  • Customer IPT meetings

  • Tracking and providing status of internal and external action items

  • Performing supply chain vulnerability assessments on purchased parts and raw material needed for the program

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of twelve (12) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of direct engineering experience

• In-depth understanding of optomechanical systems

• Leading a large and diverse team including suppliers and subcontractors

• Disciplined metric-driven program management

• Proven experience managing to and meeting tight schedules

• Cost estimating and Budget management

• Effective communication of information between various functional disciplines as well as strong briefing skills with senior customer and corporate

• Proficient using Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint

• Strong understanding of hardware development, manufacturing, procurement, production, and integration

• Proven leadership skills including working in a team environment, fostering communication, listening to teammate concerns and reconciling internal issues or differences

• Proven ability to solicit and process complex information and data to solve complex problems and make sound decisions

• Analytical and strong organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written ability

• Experience with supply chain management and ability to work with suppliers to help them meet both hardware and non-hardware deliverable requirements

• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or be willing to relocate

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a multi-year development/production program valuing more than $100M

• Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent

• Exposure or general knowledge of Earned Value Management

• Experience with utilizing digital engineering tools for program management such as Jira

Original Posting Date:
2025-02-19
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.