Our client, a leading federal defense contractor is seeking a Systems Engineer responsible for planning, monitoring, and organizing engineering resources required to design, procure, build, test and document new developments and modification to existing products. This position will have ownership over the EVM process and will be the manager of the control accounts that fund program execution.--

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:

- Participates in proposal activities
- Establishes background knowledge on proposed scope to inform for program execution.
- Accountable to DPME and expected to operate with limited oversight and coordinates the interface between manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and the engineering to coordinate program funding and execution.
- Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for detailed tasks, adhering to program milestones and tracking resources within the EVM process.
- Ensure risk mitigation and opportunities are incorporated in IMS and tracked as tasks.
- Will be the Control Account Manager (CAM) for a number of IPTs or engineering areas.--
- Collects, reviews, analyses and acts on project metrics and data to manage resources toward meeting project commitments and deliverables objectives.
- Initiating material procurements and interfacing with Supply Chain, Vendors and Manufacturing to ensure resource availability to support build schedules.
- Provides visibility into material order status and elevates issues to IPT leads and DPME as necessary.
- Collects and coordinates inputs form technical leads to consolidate BOM.

Required Skills

Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able and willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (active Secret is preferred at time of hire)
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM field and 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
- Agile experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Organization and problem-solving skills--
- Ability to use specialized software for collaboration and time management, including spreadsheets; Project scheduling applications like MS Project.
- Ability to delegate skills and provide updates for local stakeholders.
- Experience with inventory control, material management and tracking.
- Strong time management and analytical skills.
- Self-starter and initiator.
- Strong communication skills.
- Proven experience with EVM program execution.
- Strong background in electrical/mechanical systems, and systems engineering.
- Strong understanding of how the technical solution supports mission objectives and requirements.