Senior Principal Project Engineer

Job Description:

Saab Inc., Land Systems division is seeking an experienced, dynamic, results-oriented Senior Principal Project Engineer with experience in weapon systems development, to lead engineering activities and to serve as the primary liaison between Saab, government agencies and industry partners.  Besides extensive, multi-discipline weapon system engineering knowledge and experience, this position will require the ability to operate in multi-company, multi-layered, multi-cultural, rapidly paced environment. The Senior Principal Project Engineer will actively interact with the customers, partners, suppliers, as well as the internal company, division and program leadership, engineering, test, quality, supply chain, reliability, finance, and manufacturing teams. Travel is required, both domestic and international. The position is a remote home office in New Jersey with travel.

Responsibilities include:

• Shape company’s and division’s strategic technical and business path to success by applying best engineering and business practices, understanding of US Government needs, incorporating technology trends to the product development, maturation, sustainment, and driving future developments.

• Utilize first-hand knowledge of USG Department of Defense and foreign military operations, serve as the primary interface between Saab and USG agencies, with respect to collaborative development and execution efforts, funding sources, requirements shaping, customer influencing. and other “Front-End-of-the-Business” activities.

• Work closely with Marketing, Sales, Business Development and Technical Director teams to define product development strategies, business capture, technology investments, and requirements shaping.

• Drive planning and execution of engineering efforts, in all phases of the product life cycle, in terms of scope, cost, and schedule. Oversee and drive development of schedules, manpower staffing plans, resources requirements and loading, financial metrices, and other engineering project artifacts.

• Identify gaps and opportunities in product capabilities, processes, production, employment, and sustainment and provide solutions to reduce associated risks, including verification and test strategies.

• Participate in the change control board meetings, failure investigations, product management, technical, production, risk management and performance reviews. Drive adoption of core technologies, including transfer of technology and integration of mature systems and commercial-oof-the-shelf products to achieve novel technical solutions.

• Generate winning innovative research proposal strategies, for both technical content and business execution.

• Provide mentoring and broad technical guidance to team members and be viewed as an expert in the field of weapon systems.

Compensation Range: $184,400-$248,900

The compensation range provided is a general guideline. When extending an offer, Saab, Inc. considers factors including (but not limited to) the role and associated responsibilities, location, and market and business considerations, as well as the candidate's work experience, key skills, and education/training.

Skills and Experience:

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering with 20+ years of relevant experience, or similar combination of experience and advanced degrees and certifications.

• First-hand experience in weapon systems (missiles, munitions, platforms in land, sea, and air domains), through full acquisition cycle, including concepts of operation, architecture, design, manufacturing, integration, test, safety, qualifications, production, logistics, and sustainment.

• In-depth understanding of the US Army and other USG defense agencies organizations and ability to navigate within the DoD system to provide crucial technical support to marketing, sales and business development at the FEOTB.

• Experience with DoD Research, Development, Test and Evaluation principles and ability to motivate, drive and support cooperative development efforts between USG and industry.

• First-hand experience working with foreign government defense agencies and contractors.

• Effective communication with leadership, program management, subordinates, and peers, both domestically and internationally, ability to operate in highly demanding multi-cultural, rapidly growing company environment.

• Existing DoD Secret Security clearance is required for consideration.

• Domestic and international travel is required, at least 30%.

Desired Experience and Skills:

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