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Astrion · 1 day ago

Lead Threat Engineer

Columbia, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $130K/yr

7+ years exp

Astrion is seeking a Lead Threat Engineer to technically lead and oversee projects for the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs. The role involves leading major engineering projects, ensuring accurate execution, and providing oversight and direction for engineering staff and project deliverables.

ManufacturingSpace Travel

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead major engineering projects

Develop a technical path forward and oversee development by engineering staff

Ensure projects are executed accurately, on time, and on budget

Provide cross-coordination between multiple engineering disciplines (e.g., trajectory, RF, CAD, Design, etc.) and software teams to define tasking and develop consistent products

Provide oversight, direction, and review for all products, documentation, and briefing material

Lead internal and external milestone reviews for the project/customer

Directly contribute to technical project development as required

Work with program management to ensure requirements are mapped to the appropriate technical group for the current funded efforts and a V&V plan is in place

Provide input to the SEG technical roadmap

Identify new capability development areas for the engineering directorate to improve support of customer needs and coordinate efforts with technical branches

Ensure SEG engineering vision, standards and philosophy are applied to all development efforts

Travel anticipated at 5 percent of time or less

Qualification

ModelSimulation developmentThreat engineeringProject leadershipAerospace/defense systems knowledgeProject tracking softwareBriefing material developmentCommunication

Required

Must have or be able to obtain DoD security clearance at the Secret level. Must be able to maintain the required clearance. Eligibility for cleared access in this instance requires US citizenship

BS Degree: Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math or similar STEM degree

7+ years of total work experience

3+ years of experience in model and simulation development

3+ years of experience leading projects and teams

Excellent written and oral communication

Experience developing and presenting briefing material

Preferred

Active or current DoD security clearance at Secret level or above

MS degree in relevant discipline listed above

10+ years of total work experience

Demonstrated experience working with government (Navy and MDA) and DoD contractors in a digital development environment

Familiarity with threat engineering including the digital design and characterization of threat missile systems from a trajectory, RF signature, IR signatures, CAD, phenomenology, EA/EP perspective

Familiarity with project tracking software such MS project, Jira, Confluence, etc

Knowledge of aerospace /defense systems technology domains