Ideal Candidate will possess strong technical and communication skills. Will work closely with government program offices and prime contractors to qualify, position and assist with architecture of new avionics, communications, C41 and embedded weapon system program designs with emphasis on real-time embedded technology.
Job Description
As a Technical Manager supporting the Director of Aerospace and Defense Programs, you will have two major duties:
1) Assisting with technical qualification and government programs, including technical positioning of the company's capabilities and solutions, and communicating these to the appropriate government influencers and decision makers.
2)Implementing technical and business materials and strategies to assist in the capture of new programs and markets for the company.
Our customers are highly technical embedded software architects and developers who are solving complex computing challenges - everything from porting/re-hosting legacy applications to designing specialized, multi-level computing platforms. We need a creative software architect with programming proficiency who wants to work with senior engineers, chief architects and system engineers. This role involves the opportunity to travel to key customer sites, conferences and/or working groups. This is a satisfying position in which you have personal responsibility for solving difficult engineering problems and enabling customers to realize the full capabilities of technologies provided by the company.
Job Qualifications
Ideal candidate will have a CS degree and working experience with a major government subcontractor for a minimum two years. Experience working on development projects and preferably assisting customers directly is desired.
Minimum
Experience developing professional-grade software with C or C++
Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills
Excellent problem solving skills
Ability to learn quickly and understand concepts developed by others
Ability to quickly identify and acquire information necessary for solving problems
Preferred
Experience with embedded systems very helpful (programming and system architecture)
Experience with other programming languages helpful
Ability to travel approximately 10 days per month
Educational Requirement
Bachelor's degree in CS or EE (or equivalent experience)
CISSP desired