Chief Engineer at Innovative Defense Technologies in San Diego, California

Job Description:

Description




Background Information:



Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), provider of automated software testing, data analysis, and cybersecurity solutions for complex, mission-critical systems in the US Department of Defense (DOD), is seeking a Chief Engineer to be based in our San Diego, CA office.



Overview:



We are looking for a Chief Engineer to lead and manage all aspects of requirement elicitation, design, implementation, integration, and test of software solutions delivered by multi-disciplinary teams to support DoD customers. The main role of the Chief Engineer is to define, manage, and audit the software engineering process from requirement elicitation through product delivery. Throughout the entire process, the Chief Engineer leads Project Engineering Leads and System Architects to ensure the delivery is executing according to plan and meeting project and product goals, adjusting, and acquiring resources as needed to maintain the balance between project and product requirements.


Chief Engineer responsibilities include creating processes for eliciting and documenting user requirements and defining system functionality. The Chief Engineer is also responsible for reviewing project schedules created by Deputy Chief Engineers and cost baselines and verifying project teams meet required deliverables within cost and schedule baselines. This role requires familiarity with writing software in various languages, like Java, JavaScript, and Python and deploying that code to a Kubernetes framework. The ideal candidate is experienced with all elements of the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment. The ideal candidate also has strong experience in Department of Defense (DoD) contracting and project leadership.



All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active U.S. Security Clearance.




Responsibilities Include:

• Develop new processes for requirements elicitation, architecture, design, implementation, integration and test


• Lead product development roadmaps, ensure product requirement support project goals


• Interact with customers to elicit requirements and document agreements


• Brief Business Area leadership on project cost, schedule, and technical progress


• Review Software architecture development including hardware and software interfaces between software components


• Lead the leadership of multi-disciplinary teams delivering component requirements. Identify the "gaps" between these teams and fill them before they become issues.


• Identify issues deploying software to containerized environments like Docker using orchestrators like Kubernetes


• Design new software enhancements and applications with UML primitives


• Lead lab-based test and integration activities at IDT in San Diego, CA and on-site in customer labs in Southern California


• Conduct technical review presentations for customer review and feedback

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 15 years' experience in software engineering


• B.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Required Skills:

• Process development, audit, and management


• Earned Value Management (EVM) project execution and adjustments


• Exceptional verbal and written communication capability, to include presentation to internal and external stakeholders


• Project management skill to include cost, schedule, and technical performance estimating and measurement


• Experience designing software with UML primitives: sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and activity diagrams


• Software architecture and design including common software design patterns


• Requirements elicitation, management, tracking, and auditing


• Ability to work on-site in San Diego, CA facility and travel to customer sites 25% of the time


• Familiarity deploying containers to docker utilizing Kubernetes based orchestration software (e.g. OpenShift and Rancher)


• Familiarity with web application development with Javascript and UI frameworks like React or Angular.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with foundational networking concepts such as routing, switching, identity services, intrusion detection, and firewall


• Familiarity deploying virtual machines in VMWare vSphere environments including networking configuration


• Familiarity designing complex software development environments including submodules, remote dependencies, and mixed-code deployments


• Familiarity with CANES, GCCS-M or Aegis system design is desired


• Familiarity with CANES, GCCS-M, or Aegis software is desired

Competencies:

• Exceptional communication skills. The successful candidate will listen to customer problems, identify root causes, elicit initial requirements, and continuously validate requirements throughout solution implementation


• Interdisciplinary leadership experience. The successful candidate will interact with product management, project management, engineering, finance, and contracts organizations to execute projects and will need a detailed understanding of each of these areas


• Strong organization, planning, and communication skills. The successful candidate will need to develop a plan of action, a team to complete the plan, and communicate the plan up and down the organization


• Ability to work closely with Program Managers and Business area leadership to document, manage and communicate systems and software requirements


• Problem-solving skills with the ability to help others navigate ambiguous situations


• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts


• Initiative, creativity, reliability, teamwork


• Solid analytical abilities, coupled with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive


• Ability to lead concurrent assignments and determine the need for changing priorities, feeding back to engineering leadership

Pay Range*: $162,450 - $273,000 or $194,750 - $328,000


*Pursuant to CaliforniaSenate Bill 1162, IDT is required to disclose the "pay scale" or "pay range" associated with a job posting. Notably, however, this amount may not be reflective of actual compensation that may be earned as pay is dependent on a candidate's experience, skills, and education. The posted range does not include bonuses, commissions, tips, or other benefits. Clickherefor additional information about Senate Bill 1162. IDT is often looking to place multiple candidates at various levels. Therefore, more than one pay range has been included, commensurate with experience.



EEO Statement:



IDT is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Apply Now