Head of Francis Lab

Company Overview
Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects-as-a-service across domains. Metrea Management consists of three core capability groups (Air & Space, Electromagnetic & Cyber, Digital & Synthetic) and five support capability groups (Operations, Finance, Legal, Strategy and Solutions), that guide the development of specific capabilities that Metrea’s files (product, projects, programs etc) leverage to achieve their targets.  

Capability Unit 

Metrea Advanced Signals (MAS) specializes in signal classification, direction finding,

advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including waveforms for

MANET and LPI/LPD applications. MAS also develops special purpose radios for

government customers and licenses DF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs.

Position Summary 

Reporting to the President, Metrea Advanced Signals (MAS), the Head, Francis Lab (H/FRANCISLAB) is responsible for guiding a forward leaning, Radio Frequency (RF) focused engineering team in the development of its specialized products and support to the larger Metrea enterprise. The H/FRANCISLAB will focus upon key strategic goals while simultaneously tracking and reporting technical developmental progress to Metrea Aerospace Management (MAM) executive leadership. The Head, Francis Lab (H/FRANCISLAB) must possess a strong knowledge and experience working with RF systems supporting all-domain operations. The Head, Francis Lab (H/FRANCISLAB) shall possess organizational design and leadership experience in RF products and its customers, which extends to the establishment of company policies and culture. An understanding of enterprise agility and its application to the organization is a must.

In addition to inward facing execution, the Head, Francis Lab (H/FRANCISLAB) will meet with external customers and partners to further Metrea’s success. Frequent travel and face-to-face business development may be required. The Head, Francis Lab (H/FRANCISLAB) must maintain relationships across all of Metrea and often engage in “solutioning” and the co-development of full-stack capabilities for the greater enterprise.  As a member of the senior management team, the H/FRANCISLAB must have leadership and managerial responsibilities that demand clear communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to develop trusting relationships with senior and junior teammates across the enterprise. This position provides the opportunity to grow business knowledge in a dynamic, ever-evolving aerospace company.

Role and Responsibilities 

H/FRANCISLAB RESPONSIBILITIES: Developing the Metrea Capability (“ΟΝ”)

Process, Systems & Frameworks Development: Lead the design, development, and management of FRANCISLAB with particular focus on the implementation of effective, efficient, and scalable technologies and processes that assist in execution of mission support.

Develop the necessary technological and engineering frameworks and models, and in partnership across Metrea Aerospace, acquire and implement systems and engineering methodologies that will best facilitate process automation and decision support from tactical to strategic levels across the group.

People Development: Identify areas of growth in FRANCISLAB’s knowledge, skillsets, and attitudes, and develop a systematic approach to professional development and talent acquisition in order to build a high-performing team embedded systems engineering team.

Technology Development: Identify areas of the technology roadmap framework across Metrea.

TEAMMATE RESPONSIBILITIES: Providing Support Capacity across Metrea (“IN”)

Strategy BCA: Support Strategy (STRAT) to inform enterprise strategy with key MAS and Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EMCG) considerations and remain an active participant on all major enterprise technical decisions, to include the commencement of new communications systems and payloads lines or the cessation of extant ones, the acquisition or dispos