Job Title:  Lead Project Engineer

Job Code: 17815

Job Location: Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

Seabed Systems (SBS) has an opening in the project engineering organization within the Maritime Sector located in Goleta just outside of Santa Barbara, CA. SBS is a supplier of long-life undersea sensor and communication systems for the U.S. and foreign Navies, commercial, academic, and scientific customers. 

The project assigned to this Lead Project Engineer would be a large scale, complex development program. Development efforts would be electrical and mechanical of nature with designs from multiple subcontractors and internal engineering design and integration. Some travel to subcontractor and customer sites will be required.

Essential Functions:

• Oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Partners with Chief Systems Engineer to ensure design reviews and readiness events are completed on time with satisfactory presentation material.
• Helps write and review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables such as technical reports, memos and test results.
• Presents program progress and status to customer program office and technical teams.
• Serves as point-of-contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares program and functional status reports.
• Assesses engineering project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers.
• Leads risk and opportunity management for their assigned program.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• Will support Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and writing of Bases of Estimates (BOEs) to support proposal work.
• Lead weekly and quarterly meetings with customers. Presenting as part of Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance is required to meet eligibility requirements to access US classified information
• Technical Lead experience on a developmental or production program.
• Working knowledge of DOD program environment; esp. FAR, ITAR, FMS, DCS requirements.
• Experience with execution of programs & projects through review of actions to review basis of estimates (BOE), tracking program technical performance measures, and ensures programs adherence to engineering processes and best practices.
• Experience with Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Organizational Breakdown Structures (OBS), and change management withing the Program Management Baseline (PMB).
• Must have a good working knowledge of Earned Value Management and be competent in understanding and reporting metrics.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical engineering drawings.
• Basic understanding of computer network component functions (routers, servers, switches, firewalls).
• Experience with engineering change management, impacts and risks to other aspects of the program and project.
• Exposure with cybersecurity and risk management framework.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Degree in one of the following disciplines is preferred:  Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or Computer System Engineering.
• PMP Certification
• Excellent communicator and well-organized leader
• Creative and adaptable thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project, critical path management
• Able to read cost reports and generate ETCs
• Ability to manage expectations and identify scope changes in dynamic customer requirements.
• Excellent Presentation skills