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Lead a 100+ engineer department designing space-qualified digital electronics (FPGA, ASIC, embedded hardware). Oversee staffing, talent development, technical execution, program performance (cost/schedule/risk), proposals, technology roadmaps, and cross-discipline integration to deliver mission-critical space hardware.

Administer and negotiate government contracts for Space Sector programs, identify and mitigate contractual risk, advise program managers, support proposals and teaming agreements, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure compliance with FAR/DFAR and contract terms. Role requires strong communication, organization, and leadership skills.

Adapt mobile control station applications to a cloud environment: build IaC and cloud infrastructure, containerize services, implement instrumentation, integration, security, and system test. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in an Agile environment.

Manage government and international contracts including proposal support, negotiations, administration, compliance with FAR/DFARS and ITAR, customer interface, contract changes, deliverables, and recordkeeping. Ensure timely invoicing and mitigate contractual risks while supporting high-visibility defense programs.

Develop embedded software for navigation systems: translate requirements into designs, implement, debug, and test code, integrate with hardware, use Model-Based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices, collaborate across teams, and support system-level verification. Must be U.S. citizen able to obtain Secret clearance and work onsite in Woodland Hills, CA.

Support proposal development and cost estimating/pricing for government contracts: compile cost, schedule, and technical data; build cost models; participate in should-cost/pricing reviews, audits, negotiations, and contract negotiations support.

Lead a team of Program Control Analysts to manage program financials, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance. Ensure superior financial performance, interface with stakeholders and auditors, oversee EVMS and CAS-related activities, support forward pricing and contract financials, and drive process improvements. Position requires active TS/SCI clearance, onsite work in Redondo Beach, and up to 10% travel.

Lead and execute engineering change packages for the F-35 program, maintain technical integration across cost, schedule and support impacts, coordinate with customers and internal IPTs, drive change execution with Supply Chain and Production, present status to leadership, and apply expertise in subsystems, composites or metallic structures and configuration management.

Manage a team of sensor engineers to design, develop, and transition inertial navigation systems to production. Implement processes for quantitative management, guide technical proposals and cost estimates, coordinate staffing, mentor staff, oversee performance management, and ensure cost, schedule, and technical performance. Onsite in Woodland Hills, CA.

Lead availability, reliability, and timeliness engineering for space systems: perform reliability predictions, failure rate estimation, FMEA facilitation, availability modeling, RBD creation, support design reviews and failure investigations, and track technical performance metrics.