Job Description
Job Description
We are looking Technically savvy, hands-on Project Manager with an Engineering background to lead the development, integration, and demonstration of advanced communications and networking technologies. In this role, you will oversee and manage all aspects of project execution and provide strategic guidance to the team and stakeholders. Our work focuses on DoD network and tactical communications providing a variety of communications abilities to USN, USAF, and USMC platforms including tactical data links, line of sight and beyond line-of-sight radios, and crossbanding of IP data. This engineering-minded Project Manager must be passionate about enhancing operator capabilities with user-focused communication, network, and software systems.
What youll do:
- Deliver innovative software, network, and hardware solutions that enhance network and IP-based communications
- Ensure cost, schedule, and technical requirements are met
- Work as a team throughout the design process, supporting project and sprint planning sessions
- Get in front of real-world operators to understand needs and requirements from an end-user point of view
- Provide input for project planning and proposals, including creation of schedules, budgets, and presentations
- Create, maintain, and grow relationships with customers, stakeholders, and industry partners
- Ensure system development environment and system attributes align with DoD security requirements
- Participate in demonstration planning with customers and overarching experiment managers
- Execute technical demonstrations
- Provide strategy guidance to project teams and stakeholders
Requirements
Ideal candidates will have experience in technical leadership, project budget and schedule management, and early product development including requirements development, system design, system integration and test for complex technical systems.
We are looking for:
- Bachelors Degree in an Engineering field of study or Bachelors degree with related experience in an engineering field
- 5-7 years of hands-on experience in designing, development and implementing technical systems
- Experience leading teams in the engineering development, testing and deployment of complex systems
- Experience with DoD R&D process and life cycle management
- Understanding of system requirements and test process including experience producing test plans and procedures
- Familiarity with Agile development and professional SW development environments
- U.S. citizenship
- Current US SECRET Clearance, or ability to get clearance
Nice to have:
- Experience with DoD Communications networks and C4ISR
- Management Degree, MBA, or similar certification (such as PMP)
- Experience leading development of software-based systems
- Working knowledge and experience with military networking or Unmanned Vehicle systems
Travel:Up to 20%