CareerPlan

Chief Engineer, Dive-LD

Quincy, MA (QCY-01)Full-time$191k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Lead technical development of maritime autonomous weapon systems from concept to delivery, managing system architecture, requirements, and trade analyses for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Role type

Senior IC systems engineering leader (maritime defense)

Builds

Maritime autonomous weapon systems and surface products

Domain

Defense / Maritime Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems engineering, system architecture definition, risk management, program acquisitions, sensing payloads, comms architectures, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

Multi-domain unmanned weapon system development, engineering management, full lifecycle program leadership (concept to rate manufacture), autonomous system architecture design

Technologies

Lattice OS, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, networking

Responsibilities

Lead initial design, prototyping, capability verification, and delivery of maritime autonomous weapon systems; Manage system architecture development and requirements definition; Perform systems engineering and trade analyses; Coordinate with manufacturing and supply chain for design for manufacturing; Oversee technical execution of new surface product generation; Define key capabilities and milestones for autonomous system maturation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope