Program Chief Engineer
leidosLynnwood (WA)
About the role
Lead The Future Of Maritime Innovation The Undersea Systems Division within the Leidos Maritime Business Area is looking for a Program Chief Engineer to guide a talented, cross-functional team of engineers and technicians to design and deliver the next-generation maritime solutions. From unmanned underwater vehicles to advanced sensor systems, your leadership across a team of lead engineers will help shape capabilities that protect and advance U.S. interests around the globe. The Program Chief Engineer will provide direct program support and technical direction for one or more developmental programs in the undersea domain associated with building and fielding new capabilities to our maritime customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership: Provide strategic and technical leadership across the entire project/program, leading the technical team across all disciplines in program execution to achieve delivery of critical undersea systems to our customers.
Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the program engineering team, overseeing engineering discipline and alignment with systems engineering practices, including architecture, requirements allocation, and design integration.
Technical Project Oversight: Manage the engineering technical resources and technical authority to meet the contractual requirements.
Systems Engineering: Follow systems engineering principles and implement best-practices for the engineering development aspects of the Program, from concept development through life-cycle support.
Communication: Act as the technical liaison between the engineering team and program management, supporting daily communications and tasking.
Risk and Issue Resolution: Identify and resolve technical challenges, oversee root cause investigations, ensure completeness in technical documentation and configuration management, fostering a culture of technical rigor and achievement of the program requirements.
Proposals: A Leidos Solution Architect that supports business development and capture activities, including proposal writing and solution design.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Ocean).15+ years of engineering experience in subsea maritime programs or programs with design and delivery of electro-mechanical systems.10+ years in a leadership role guiding engineering teams. U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Preferred
Qualifications:
- Proven track record leading the design, development, integration, and deployment of subsea maritime systems.· Hands-on knowledge and experience in several of the following areas of engineering and technology: Embedded systems and related software/firmware tools and techniques; Electronics design to support unmanned and autonomous systems, such as power distribution, battery systems, communications networks, sensors, data collection and storage, signal processing, use of industry standard design tools; Mechanical design for hulls, propulsors, packaging, with knowledge of materials properties, corrosion, modeling and simulation, engineering processes and software; Integration and test skills for moving a product through concept, prototyping, initial at-sea testing, and manufacturing/production refinement; Strong skills with physical phenomenology, such as underwater acoustics, power grounding and EMI behaviors, hydrodynamics, RF, optics, thermal dissipation, reliability.· Familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 quality standards.· Experience with DoD program management, contracts, budgets, and subcontractor oversight.· Hands-on experience transitioning designs into products, from concept development to manufacturing.· Strong systems engineering expertise, including requirements management, technical documentation development and control, and verification/validation.· Knowledge of signal processing, embedded systems, power distribution, and control systems for maritime applications.· Strong organizational and communications skills and habits.· Proven track record of leading teams through developmental projects from concept to working demonstration models, developing, mentoring, coaching, and building staff in technical acumen. SUBSEAMSSIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
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