Principal Engineering Operations Lead (ENG IV)

Join our targets systems engineering division supporting a government missile defense program as its engineering operations lead. You will be the operational hub for the division: running executive engineering rhythms and tasker workflows, steering lifecycle and baseline documentation, and keeping communication moving across government stakeholders, prime contractors and partner organizations.

What You Will Do

• Run the weekly division staff rhythm end to end: chart inputs, consolidated technical presentations, logistics and pre-brief packages for leadership

• Report baseline changes, schedule shifts and technical wins up to the engineering directorate

• Assemble program and technical status briefs for senior leadership

• Keep the 30/60/90-day milestone review calendar for every target program, resolve conflicts, and send leadership an executive summary after each review

• Act as the division's primary action officer in the government tasking system, triaging and driving Congressional, OSD and internal taskers to closure

• Move classified and unclassified tasker inputs between NIPRNet and SIPRNet under strict OPSEC rules

• Process industry media engagement requests and public release packages, coordinating acquisition, legal and strategic communications reviews and drafting Staff Summary Sheets

• Lead the annual division historical summary and coordinate FFRDC data calls and technical conference nominations

• Lead the annual CARD update supporting the President's Budget: kickoffs across logistics, acquisition, contracts, software, cyber and manifest teams, appendix consolidation, Form 100 comment adjudication and executive sign-off

• Manage biennial PESHE updates with the quality and environmental management offices

• Own review cycles, comment matrix adjudication, routing and publishing for core program documents

• Maintain configuration-controlled baseline archives on SharePoint, DOD365 and SIPR shared networks

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of related professional experience

• Has run battle rhythms, executive briefing packages and technical meetings for senior military and civilian leaders

• Adjudicating review comments through formal tools such as DoD Form 100 matrices

• Familiarity with DoD acquisition lifecycle documents: CARD, SEP, RMP, PESHE, TEMP

• Careful handling of executive correspondence, Staff Summary Sheets (SSS) and action packages

• Expert Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint

• Working knowledge of ETMS2 or similar DoD correspondence and tasking tools

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical or scientific discipline; an advanced degree may be preferred at this level

• Active DoD Secret clearance (U.S. citizenship required) with the ability to maintain SIPRNet access

• Onsite in Huntsville, AL

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in systems, aerospace or industrial engineering, operations or technical management, or a related STEM field

• 12+ years supporting DoD or federal program offices, ideally in a SETA, A&AS or SE&I role

• Prior work in a missile defense targets or engineering directorate

• Familiarity with DoW missile defense workflows

• Working with Army DEVCOM, target hardware primes and national labs or FFRDCs

• Sets their own deadlines and sorts out competing priorities on short timelines with little oversight