Chief Engineer, Fury Advanced Concepts
Core
Lead technical development, conceptual design, and flight testing of alternative configurations and new concepts for the Fury unmanned aircraft system.
Role type
Senior IC Chief Engineer (Aerospace/Systems)
Builds
Fury unmanned aircraft variants and new capabilities
Domain
Defense, Aerospace, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | physical/clinical work
Required skills
aircraft system design, prototype and test, programmatic decision-making, technical team leadership, customer-facing technical discussions, trade studies, operational analysis, first principles design, system safety, test methodology, risk reduction, budgetary estimation, staffing planning
Preferred skills
unmanned aircraft system (UAS) design, integrating foreign vendor engineering and manufacturing teams, managing USG programs
Technologies
Lattice OS, Group 5 platform
Responsibilities
Own the design process from white paper sketches through detailed design and flight test; establish technical development roadmaps including scope, cost, and schedule; coordinate design level trades with functional engineering teams; execute trade studies and drive operational analysis; build and lead technical and programmatic teams; communicate vision and strategies to executive leadership and customers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with programmatic leadership