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Penn State University · 2 hours ago

Deputy Division Head of Systems Engineering and Rapid Prototyping (FACULTY)

Penn State University Park

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Penn State University is seeking a Deputy Division Head for the Systems Engineering and Rapid Prototyping Division at the Applied Research Laboratory. The role involves supporting the division head in managing a team of engineers and scientists, overseeing research projects, and developing strategic initiatives to enhance the division's capabilities in complex systems engineering.

Higher Education

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Division head and Office leadership team to build and maintain trusted relationships with key sponsors and stakeholders, ensure the delivery of superior research deliverables to our sponsors, and develop and execute strategic initiatives

Assist division head in leading a group of engineers, scientists, and support staff that are engaged in the operational research, systems engineering, design, development and production of complex engineering systems

Lead in the development of proposals and projects that further our knowledge and expertise in the development and production of complex systems

Provide project updates to sponsors and stakeholders, and lead in development of new business for potential sponsors

Collaborate with engineers in technical areas across ARL

Assist division head in overseeing the planning, staffing, and execution of programs to ensure all divisional staff and faculty are appropriately and sufficiently tasked at all times

Assist division head in recruiting, retaining, and defining performance expectations of departments heads and all division staff and faculty

Assist division head in evaluating professional growth through performance reviews

Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical engineering products, systems, and subsystems

Investigate and evaluate practical applicability of scientific theories and engineering principles to develop and improve various engineering systems; identify technical approach for solving problems and meeting customer/grantor needs

Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations, correlate data, recognize discrepancies in results and follow operations through a series of related detailed steps or processes

Conduct experiments/tests in the laboratory/field to test, prove, or modify theoretical propositions on basis of research findings and experiences of others researching in related technical areas; may include taking measurements and recording observations, collecting, compiling, and processing data; may include planning/designing experiments or tests and supervising the execution thereof

Initiate or contribute data/analysis/design for use in technical reports, documents, proposals, papers, or oral/written presentations

Qualification

Research project leadershipTechnical proposal writingGovernment security clearanceTeam leadershipBudget managementCollaboration on multidisciplinary projectsCoachingSuperior writing skillsPresentation skillsMentoring

Required

All aspects of leading individual and portfolios of research projects including developing technical concepts, writing winning proposals, staffing the project, conducting the research, managing budgets, and delivering high quality results

All aspects of leading a research organization, including planning and managing labor across projects, managing research budgets, presenting division capabilities to sponsors, and hiring, coaching and mentoring employees

Superior writing and presentation skills

Demonstrated success leading a team of engineers/scientists, and collaborating with large teams on multi-organization, multi-disciplinary projects

Active SECRET government security clearance, ability to obtain TS/SCI