Responsible for leading and developing the overall program strategy and long-term vision Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand business needs and align technical solutions Coordinate requirements development, hardware/software design, verification, and validation activities. Ensure that the program adheres to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test, and sustainment of products for our customers and is in compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards. Support the program manager in risk and opportunity management by identifying and owning risks associated with system performance. Provide oversight for system architecture and design development and supporting architecture roles. Provide technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of systems engineering principles, tools, and techniques to achieve practical end results. Develop advanced technology concepts and guide their development into a final product that has a direct impact on the Program and Operating Unit. Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 16 years of relevant experience; 14 years with master's degree; 12 years with PhD Minimum of 8 years of experience formally leading engineering teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal. Must have US Citizenship with an Active DOD Top Secret clearance with SCI at time of application Demonstrated background of successfully applying and tailoring NG Systems Engineering Principles and Operating Practices to guide program technical design, development, and deployment of large-scale systems architectures in an agile methodology. Strong communication skills and the ability to lead the customer through reviews of technical performance. Strong collaboration skills with experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and working across BUs, divisions, sectors within NG as well as with industry partners and customer community. Ability to motivate and guide teams and activities without having formal “ownership” of the staff supporting those activities. Be able and willing to travel up to 25% as a part of the role. Current/previous Mission Exploitation (MEX) Operating Unit (OU) program accesses and/or Existing relationships of MEX OU customer(s) and their stakeholder needs Experience leading the performance of technical design, production, and integration tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either a chief engineer or technical lead. Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Teams and Suppliers Ten or more years of experience in remote sensing applications across multiple operating domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber) Ten or more years of experience developing Ground systems across multiple operating domains (space and tactical implementations) Five or more years of experience supporting development of mission-level campaign concepts of operations and Enterprise scale systems architectures. General knowledge of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and sensor-to-shooter mission areas to include current and emerging needs and technology capability gaps. Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations. Demonstrated experience collaborating in multi-time-zone work environments Demonstrated experience working in a highly-dynamic schedule environment