Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Command & Control Intelligence OBU

Provide Decision Advantage to Mission Partners Around the World

Join us in our mission to provide the world's military members with the latest, most customizable solutions and capabilities, enabling mission success anywhere around the globe. At Ultra Intelligence and Communications (I&C), we provide critical, tactical capabilities to enhance and accelerate decision-making in the most challenging environments. By joining us, you will experience unrivaled opportunities for growth and innovation and be a part of a dynamic and diverse team that pushes boundaries and drives meaningful change in intelligence and communications. 

Command, Control, Intelligence, and Encryption (C2I&E)

By joining our Command, Control, Intelligence, and Encryption (C2I&E) business, you will be a member of a team dedicated to providing innovative solutions that streamline the preparation and execution of intricate, mission-critical operations. We focus on enhancing situational awareness, tactical command and control, and seamless video data exchange capabilities within a dynamic, multi-domain environment.

Job Description

Join our team as a Technical Project Manager, spearheading technical execution on a groundbreaking embedded cryptographic development program dedicated to safeguarding national and allied interests. Collaborate with experts across firmware, software, systems, and electrical engineering disciplines to drive execution by organizing tasks, managing resources, and surmounting challenges. Our workweek promotes a healthy work-life balance, starting at 9 AM on Monday and ending by 12 PM on Friday. Embrace the best of both worlds in this HYBRID role, spending three days per week on-site and enjoying flexibility to work remotely for the remainder. If you're ready to leverage your technical expertise and drive innovation, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical lead for mid-sized projects across software, hardware, firmware, systems, and test engineering.
• Provide comprehensive technical direction, guidance, development, and technical schedule execution for projects.
• Collaborate with the PM and/or lead to create and maintain programmatic documentation (e.g., schedules, work packages, status reports, technical CDRLs) to ensure efficient planning and execution.
• Develop and manage project schedules using MS Project, providing weekly updates including resource level loading and baseline management for technical execution.
• Work closely with engineers to identify required tasking and estimate the level of effort for tasks, inputting data into MS Project.
• Track engineering progress on estimations and deliverables.
• Engage with customers for regular status updates via technical interchange meetings.
• Lead trade studies and architecture development.
• Implement the engineering development process within projects.
• Support configuration management process and configuration control board meetings.
• Aid in proposal development for follow-on work and/or new programs.
• Manage deadlines, priorities, and provide problem-solving skills.
• Assist PM in identifying, tracking, and mitigating programmatic and technical risks.
• Support PM in preparing and presenting programmatic updates at monthly project executive reviews.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Active or recently active US Government Security Clearance eligibility required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in multi-disciplined team environments in Project Engineering/Project Manager/Technical Manager roles or similar capacities.
• Understanding of the DoD Acquisition Process for Engineering & Manufacturing Development.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Top Secret Clearance preferred.
• Demonstrated success in full lifecycle product development in both waterfall and agile methodologies and configuration management of produced artifacts.
• Execution of full ruggedized product development from inception to fielding utilizing Embedded Software and Firmware on System-on-Chip technology.
• Technical expertise in Software and/or Firmware development and troubleshooting.
• Experience in Cryptographic Product Development and programmatic milestones such as Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), etc.
• Background in DoD Communications Security and/or field use.
• Knowledge of Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) and Electronic Key Management System (EKMS).
• Familiarity with EKMS Tier 2 A