Systems Engineer Section Manager
Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
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Job Summary
The Systems Engineering Branch at Leidos currently has an opening for a Systems Engineering Section Manager to work in our Huntsville Alabama office. This Section Manager will join a team of 5 managers in the SE Branch where they will be involved in the daily management decisions for the branch. The Section Manager will be expected to maintain their current technical commitments while taking on Section Management.
Primary Responsibilities
The Section Manager will be responsible for at least six direct-report Systems Engineers within the Branch which is a matrixed organization. These direct reports may be working different programs have varying experience levels and have different specialties (e.g. Risk Reliability). The expectation for the Section Manager is:
- Track the long-term staffing of their direct reports.
- Help their direct reports manage their careers long-term by finding them opportunities that are aligned with their desires and skillsets.
- Check in with their direct reports frequently (as determined by the Section Manager but weekly or every other week is suggested) to track their job satisfaction.
- Work with direct reports technical supervisors to ensure the supervisors are satisfied with their performance.
- Track requests for items like purchased equipment (e.g. headsets).
- Report back on direct reports status to the Branch Manager weekly.
- Interview new candidates for the SE Branch.
- Onboard new employees including putting requests in for new equipment identifying office space meeting new employees on their first day and training the new employee on Leidos policy and procedure.
- Counsel employees with performance difficulties
Basic Qualifications.
ABachelors degree in Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical EngineeringSoftware Engineering Computer Science Computer EngineeringAerospace Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with8 years of experience or an MS with6 years.
Experience in derivingand managingrequirements for complex electrical electro-mechanical mechanical and software systems.
Experience creating verification and testplans andcoordinating system integration and test activities to support verification of system level requirements.
Basic understanding ofinterceptor systems
Experience leading cross-discipline and product teams
Demonstratedexperience effectively communicating within a team environment including leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews
Resident of the North Alabama area or willing torelocateto the Huntsville - North Alabama AL area.
Active DoD Secret clearance. (U.S. Citizenship is required)
Preferred Qualifications.
Preference shown to candidates whopossessa Master of Science in System Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with:
Requirements management tools such as DOORS JAMA or Cameo/MagicDraw.
Demonstratedexperience effectively leading a team of engineers.
Demonstratedexperience accurately estimating the engineering effort () associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods
Experience supporting one or more DoD programs
Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)
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For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
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About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
