Job Title: F-35 Avionics Product Line Chief Engineer

Job Code: SAS20230604-99382

Job Location: Malabar, FL

Job Description: The F-35 Avionics Product Line Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for the technical execution of a family of production programs supporting the modernization of F-35 avionics. The product line CE will partner with program management and operations leadership to address engineering issues and ensure the long term success of the product line. The product line CE reports directly to the F-35 Avionics Division CE, with dotted line reporting to the product line director.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure integrity of the technical baseline. Chair Engineering Review Boards (ERBs).
• Primary customer contact for production technical issues
• Primary technical interface to sub-tier suppliers
• Maintain technical rigor in engineering process and execution
• Lead and drive rigorous Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations
• Lead engineering efforts associated with production readiness reviews
• Prepare engineering costs proposals supporting additional production lots and follow-on activities
• Maintaining Technical Program Measurement (TPM) metrics and using leading indicators to drive action on programs
• Develop, present, and deliver comprehensive presentations to division leadership
• Ensure proper usage of risk and opportunity management
• Ensure proper resource management forecasting and staffing is in place
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement as evidenced by executed improvement projects
• Employee engagement

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science or engineering
• 12 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or 10 years of relevant experience with a master's degree.
• Earned value / cost account management experience, with cost and schedule responsibility experience
• Experience with monitoring the technical aspects of projects from initiation through completion and/or customer sell-off / acceptance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active DoD Secret / Special Access Program ClearanceSystems engineering experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in a technical information environment
• Experience with executing throughout the full avionics lifecycle including requirements flowdown and allocation, design, development, test, and sell-off
• Functional management experience or direct involvement in resource management forecasting and placement
• Ability to work well across multiple engineering disciplines
• Experience in industrial engineering means and methods
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: processing and advanced processing architectures, information assurance architectures, multi-function processing, open-systems standards and architectures, avionics sensors and pilot/vehicle interfaces, avionics software, avionics mechanical and thermal techniques, system integration and test