Group Leader- Systems Engineering Data Retrieval, Engineering, Architecture, and Management Group

Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Job Description Summary:

The Systems Engineering Data Retrieval, Engineering, Architecture, and Management (DREAM) Group is part of Draper's Digital Engineering & Enabling Technologies Division. The Group Leader is responsible for architecting, building, and managing Data-as-a-Service for the Digital Engineering Ecosystem (DEE) data suppliers and consumers. The group specializes in data schema definitions, storage and retrieval, and analysis pipelines to support Digital Engineering and Data Analysis across the entire system lifecycle. Provided services are expected to be managed to ensure appropriate levels of data availability, quality, protection, and governance. These services are intended to support establishing Authoritative Source of Truth (ASoT) and Digital Thread capabilities with heterogenous data sources and formats.

The DREAM group has cross-disciplinary competencies, focused on Systems, Software and Data Engineering. Skills in the group include data architecture & engineering, databases, data pipelines, data modeling, data science, Extract/Transform/Load processes, test data analytics and visualization, data warehouses and data lakes, containerization, data orchestration, and cloud computing. The group fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

The Group Leader is responsible for leading and managing a group of approximately 10-20 engineers who have technical and domain expertise related to Draper’s capabilities that support our customers, and is expected to:
• Assure the long-term success of the group by shaping the group’s talented workforce through recruiting and mentoring
• Partner with Customers/Sponsors, Draper Program Managers and subject matter experts to shape and then implement strategic plans and roadmaps
• Support and enable the technical and career growth of individual staff members by performing regular check-ins and annual performance reviews, as well as advocating for leadership, mentorship, and training opportunities
• Contribute to the successful execution of ongoing projects by ensuring the quality of technical work products produced by the group
• Be a key technical contributor in project execution and program development activities
• Set an example of technical excellence and leadership for the group
Additional technical responsibilities include the following—
• Provide expertise and oversight for the development of the data management infrastructure to enable DE expertise such as digital thread and digital twin
• Provide leadership in tool selection, procurement, implementation, and adoption
• Lead the enhancement of group capabilities by growing technical expertise through cross-training, educational series, and coordination of conference participation
• Peer review project concepts and execution, as well as contribute to proposals and other business development efforts

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Manage administrative details and career development for group members.
• Convey relevant information from management to group members.
• Lead, mentor, build depth their area of expertise. and conduct performance evaluations of group members.
• Maintain awareness of staffing requirements, write job requisitions (responsibilities and required qualifications) for hiring as required, review and disposition incoming resumes, conduct interviews.
• Serve as Lead Subject Matter Expert for Area of specialty.
• Shape Draper’s technology offerings and open new business areas based on program and technical experience.
• Analyze Draper strategy and work with management to build capability in key areas that align Draper's capabilities with customer's strategic priorities.

Skills/Abilities
• Excellent communication and written skills.

• Excellent ability with presenting technical material to various levels of the engineering organization and customers.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Strong ability to supervise a team of 10-20

Education
Requires a degree in Engineering or related discipline

Experience
10+ years of experi