Director of Software Engineering (REF1562C)

Company Description

Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: www.elbitsystems-us.com or follow us on Twitter.

Job Description

Scope: The Director of Engineering - Software Engineering will provide direct leadership within the department to deliver products and services to satisfy customer and business needs. The Software Engineering team spans across multiple ESA locations and the Director will manage this geographically diverse organization. Director will have responsibility for staffing, hiring, skill development, process improvement and performance management of software engineering team, working with peers across ESA engineering to successfully execute programs.

Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Director is responsible for assessing current and upcoming program needs for software development and acting to staff programs with qualified resources, including internal or external resources as appropriate. Responsible for supporting new business development by providing staff and leadership to propose innovative solutions to meet our customer and business objectives, developing proposal cost, schedule and technical baselines to support winning proposals, and positioning organization to execute successfully upon contract win.
• Director is responsible for identifying and bringing new technologies, design methods, tools and processes into the organization as needed to enable product development for ESA’s target markets and customers. This will include working closely with our digital transformation team to align software development processes and tools with our digital engineering goals.
• Director has responsibility for workforce development, training and management to meet program and business needs. This should include training and development of existing workforce, hiring of additional resources, working with peers across the organization to leverage other resources within ESA, and working with appropriate 3rd party organizations when necessary to augment ESA staff.
• The Director is expected to demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills and have the ability to work well with people at all levels. 
• The Director is required to maintain robust relationships with the business unit peers and engineering functional management as well as with appropriate counter parts in Elbit affiliate companies and key subcontractors and partners.

Expected Leadership Characteristics

• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members and fosters an environment where employees feel valued.
• Manages cost effectiveness and efficiency at the project level and across the product portfolio, striking the right balance.
• Clearly explains project assignments, expectations, priorities, and follows up to ensure they are met.
• Effective communication skills to work across functional and business unit teams to listen, understand, negotiate and explain as necessary to foster collaborative and positive outcomes.
• Delegates tasks as appropriate.
• Able to drive change across the organization. Understands the technical, organizational and cultural issues and able to manage these to achieve desired objectives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Assumes responsibility for organization’s performance.
• Actively seeks opinions and advice to identify opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or relevant technical discipline required with advanced technical degree(s) preferred.
• Relevant product development experience (Military products preferred).
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Earned Value Management experience strongly preferred.
• Preferred locations: Fort Worth, TX or Merrimack, NH.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required:

• Ability to lead and inspire department staff to accomplish successful business results by working effectively in teams