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Thales · 8 hours ago

Engineering Delivery Manager

Syracuse, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$149K/yr - $249K/yr

9+ years exp

Thales is a company that delivers operational advantage through advanced defense systems. They are seeking an Engineering Delivery Manager to oversee complex software-centric bids and delivery programs, ensuring the successful realization of engineering solutions throughout the system lifecycle.

AerospaceCyber SecurityIndustrial ManufacturingMilitaryRemote SensingSecurityTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior engineering authority at all Bid and Program Gate reviews (BL/GBU), representing engineering interests and accountability by ensuring full technical validation prior to Cost Commitment Reviews and formal Gate approvals; actively engage in bid governance forums and client-facing meetings to articulate and defend the engineering solution, delivery strategy, and integrated schedule; and act as the primary technical interface with customer engineering organizations, partners, and suppliers, ensuring alignment on architectures, interfaces, certification readiness, and delivered/installed baselines across integrated solutions

Define, govern, and deliver the Engineering Solution Strategy, including the end-to-end system development lifecycle and the tailoring of project-specific engineering processes, practices, methods, and toolchains derived from domain and corporate reference frameworks; author, maintain, and govern the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and associated engineering management documentation; structure and lead co-engineering activities; and approve, cascade, and enforce lower-level engineering plans, subcontractor engineering requirements, and technical statements of work

Provide end-to-end leadership across the full engineering lifecycle, including requirements and specifications management, software and systems engineering, qualification, integration, verification, validation, certification, and operational deployment; ensure engineering designs, safety cases, software assurance, and technical certifications are complete, coherent, and approval-ready; and coordinate internal and external reviews to support company authorization and customer acceptance

Consolidate customer, contractual, and technical inputs to establish a complete and validated engineering baseline; align stakeholders to define and document project assumptions and constraints; coordinate cross-functional contributors to produce credible, defensible, and auditable engineering cost estimates; define, implement, and control reusable engineering instantiation and cost models; and leverage prior capitalizations, benchmarks, and historical performance data to rigorously challenge estimates, drive estimate accuracy, and support bid competitiveness

Champion and enforce Design-to-Cost and Design-for-Performance principles; apply and govern advanced planning, scheduling, and control disciplines including WBS/OBS structuring, milestone and dependency management, workload and capacity planning, cost modeling, and Earned Value Management (EVM); define, monitor, and actively use engineering KPIs and dashboards; and lead engineering Risk and Opportunity management in close partnership with the Bid or Project Manager

Define required engineering competencies and resource profiles in collaboration with line management; secure appropriately skilled resources; provide hierarchical and functional leadership to Software Engineering Managers (SWEMs), engineering leads, and technical work-package owners; lead complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site, and multi-country engineering execution; drive innovation, industrialization, reuse, standardization, and continuous improvement; capture lessons learned; contribute to engineering capitalization and knowledge-management processes; ensure deployment of the enterprise Engineering Performance Plan; and support bid and commercial leadership by contributing engineering expertise to bid management and pricing activities

Qualification

Engineering LeadershipSoftware Development LifecycleEarned Value ManagementSafety Assurance FrameworksBid ManagementSystems EngineeringCost ModelingTechnical Risk ManagementProject ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 9 years of relevant professional experience, or 10+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and extensive, demonstrated track record of successfully leading the delivery of large-scale, highly complex, software-intensive systems within industries relevant to Thales, such as aerospace, defense, air traffic management / air navigation, telecommunications, or similarly regulated, mission-critical environments

Proven leadership experience managing and governing large, multidisciplinary engineering organizations, including direct hierarchical accountability for engineering managers, technical leads, and senior subject-matter experts across multiple domains; and demonstrated success operating within highly complex, matrixed organizations, coordinating across disciplines, functions, suppliers, partners, and customers in multi-site and multi-country environments

Deep, end-to-end mastery of the engineering lifecycle, encompassing system and software architecture, requirements and specification engineering, development, integration, qualification, verification, validation, certification, and deployment of operational systems; and significant experience leading deployment and operational readiness for complex software-centric solutions, including phased and large-scale multi-site and geographically distributed rollouts, transition to operations, and sustainment considerations

Advanced and sustained application of planning, scheduling, and control disciplines, including WBS/OBS structuring, milestone and dependency management, workload and capacity planning, cost and schedule modeling, and Earned Value Management (EVM), with a demonstrated ability to produce and defend credible cost and schedule estimates

Substantial experience with safety-critical and software assurance frameworks, including hands-on involvement in certification and compliance activities aligned with standards such as DO-178B/C, ED-109A, or equivalent domain-specific safety and assurance regulations

Proven participation and influence in Bid, Capture, and Proposal cycles, including the ability to shape engineering strategies, challenge assumptions, defend technical solutions, and partner effectively with Sales and Bid teams to secure competitive and executable offers

Preferred

Working knowledge of the national airspace system and/or an understanding of unmanned aircraft systems

Experience working on technology-centered programs for US Federal Gov't Agencies (with a strong preference for FAA, DoD/DoW and/or DHS)

Strong knowledge of aeronautical and Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems, data, and operational environments, including familiarity with industry standards, safety culture, and applicable regulatory frameworks

Working knowledge of FAA operations and maintenance policies, procedures, and governance models, including compliance, audit, certification, and reporting requirements

Certifications such as PMP/Prince2, INCOSE Systems Engineering, DO‑178 awareness/qualification or equivalent

Experience supporting pricing teams and producing price sheets for complex bids

Benefits

Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program