Head, Advanced Signals

Position Summary 

Reporting to the Head, EM&C, the H/ASIG, is responsible for leading, coaching, mentoring, and 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/ASIG will focus upon key strategic goals while simultaneously tracking and reporting technical developmental progress to Metrea Aerospace Management (MAM) executive leadership. The H/ASIG must possess a strong knowledge and experience working with RF systems supporting all-domain operations and 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, H/ASIG will meet with external customers and partners to further Metrea’s success. Frequent travel and face-to-face business development may be required. The H/ASIG 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/ASIG 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.

What You’ll Do

• Developing the Metrea Capability (“ΟΝ”)
• Process, Systems & Frameworks Development: Lead the design, development, and management of ASIG and coordinate with RADARLAB and 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 ASIG’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 ASIG and Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) 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 disposal of key assets, and all investment decisions for all kinds of assets (hardware, software, technologies, IP, businesses, etc.). 
• Work closely with the STRAT/Investment team to support potential investment assessments, where these involve strategic acquisitions. Support the STRAT/Research team in areas of research requiring radio frequency (RF) and other technical related subject matter experts (SMEs). Direct the research team to conduct supporting research for ASIG and EM&C-related projects or interests as applicable.
• Operations: Work closely with the ASIG and EM&C Leadership Teams to inform the design, implementation, and further development of Metrea’s technical methodologies.
• Legal: Provide LEG/Compliance with ASIG inputs that are required to perform all necessary compliance functions and ensure that Metrea’s compliance policies cover all known requirements as required.
• Work closely with LEG/Contracts to ensure that contract structuring & economics supports ASIG objectives and customer requirements.
• Market Engagement Support: Support market engagement efforts where required, where your subject matter expertise, customer knowledge or intimacy may help Metrea mitigate any known risk and progress its prospects. Enhance ASIG, EM&C and Metrea’s Market Engagement efforts by supplementing Strategy’s cueing and tasking of our Market Engagement Teams (METs) by directly engaging with enabling or decisive stakeholders. Represent the company, as required, in external fora or venues. 
• Risk Management Support: Actively participate in reviewing and understanding ASIG and EM&C’s