REQUIREMENTS LEAD - QTEC Aerospace

QTEC Aerospace is seeking a REQUIREMENTS LEAD to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

Job Summary

QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs. This position will be one of five team leadership roles within the Systems Engineering team. This position is the first line of leadership for team members and reports to the SE Engineering Manager.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Responsibilities include management of the daily operations of the team, including proposing, planning, and executing the work of the team
• Is responsible for maintaining accurate metrics of team progress
• Supports all team staffing responsibilities, including interviewing new candidates, dealing with team performance issues, and supporting team member growth and development
• Also expected to be technically competent in all of the work performed by the team such that they can act as reviewer of product to ensure quality
• Responsible for defining and ensuring compliance with team processes
• Provide Systems Engineering leadership to ensure a disciplined system engineering approach to defining, developing, and analyzing the system's capabilities
• Based on the understanding of the design and results of comparisons, use related systems engineering tools and documents to analyze, understand, and propose changes to systems engineering analysis, user CONOPS and system operational concepts, and system and interface requirements specifications in support of the program
• Work towards future Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) capabilities such as sensor management, tasking, cueing, and discrimination architecture
• Participate in developing, executing, and analyzing the results of various tests of the software in a lab environment as needed
• Coordination of engineering disciplines in resolving system-level issues
• Learn, understand, and represent the point of view of the warfighters, operators, and systems owners, and see that it is properly respected throughout the engineering efforts
• Works as a member of the systems engineering team to develop innovative solutions to existing and new problems within areas of expertise and ensure that the system's requirements are understood and implemented correctly.
• Some travel, primarily between Huntsville and Colorado Springs, and trips to Schriever AFB will also be required

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline or equivalent experience/combined education, with at least 14 years or more of professional experience or at least 12 years of professional experience with a related master's degree

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong System Engineering and Proven Leadership Experience
• Experience performing system engineering for large, complex systems, including requirements analysis and decomposition, Interface definition, root cause analysis, application design, integration, and testing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed.
• Self-motivated and customer-oriented.

Security Clearance

Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Location

Huntsville, AL

It is the policy of QTEC, Inc. not to discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race, religion, disability, veteran status or any protected statuses and to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals within the company.