**Company Overview**
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company delivers affordable, high-
performance space systems for exacting customers. At Millennium, you will be
part of a close-knit team working on exciting technological problems. We work
in an open environment where ideas are shared across all disciplines, and
there are ample opportunities for advancement based on excellence. Superstars
are welcome.
At Millennium, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place.
From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a
company where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. We're
committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming,
respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find
your future with us. ****
**Job Summary**
As the Autonomy Engineering Team Lead (ETL), you will be the primary point of
contact for technical, budget, and resource allocation to meet team member
needs, customer requirements, program needs, and company goals. You will set
the engineering standard for the team, define roles and responsibilities,
establish processes/workflow, and facilitate mentorship and training by
Autonomy Engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). You will ensure that
programs are adequately staffed and program objectives are met on time and on
budget. You will be involved in forecasting future staffing needs based on the
new business pipeline, and you will work side-by-side with Millennium
Recruiting to build the team at all experience levels. You will coordinate
Internal Research and Development (IRAD) and process/tool improvement
initiatives with subject matter experts, and coordinate heavily with other
subsystem and vehicle experts to tie the fault protection and autonomy into
the system design.
Successful engineering team leads possess technical knowledge in the group's
discipline as well as the leadership and communication skills needed to
interact with engineers and the broader Millennium organization (Programs,
Manufacturing, Mission Operations, HR, Recruiting, etc.).
This position's internal job code is Systems Engineering Manager. Our team is
currently hiring for level K.
**Responsibilities**
* Manage team of ~6-12 engineers
* Motivate and support team members
* Work with company leadership to resolve issues and challenges relating to effective team execution
* Advocate for the team
* Communicate company goings-on, higher level decisions, events as required to the team
* Escalate matters to Director or HR as required.
* Provide regular 1:1 meetings with direct reports
* Provide formal feedback and raise requests per company guidelines
* Facilitate IR&D and process improvement initiatives with subject matter experts
* Define the overall team charter and set company strategy for Mission & Autonomy
* Team task management
* Resource allocation
* Scheduling
* Planning/Forecasting
* Involved in technical review in the areas of Autonomy with support from SMEs
* Promote knowledge sharing by facilitating lunch and learns and peer reviews
* Learn from mistakes/discrepancies and improve engineering process
* Provide and/or facilitate technical mentorship
* Define organizational workflow and promote efficiency
* Identify resources gaps
* Support team with necessary infrastructure
* Organize and conduct phone screens and first round interviews
* Identify future business needs and hire accordingly
* Keep customers, PMs, & Engr Leadership apprised of high-level issues
* Assigns REA's to programs and products
* Identify, communicate, and assist in the risk management process
**Minimum Qualifications**
* Bachelor's Degree in engineering or the physical sciences / computer science
* 3 years experience in satellite design and/or operation
* 1-2 years experience as a project or team lead, or equivalent experience managing complex systems
* This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* 5+ years experience in satellite design and/or operation
* Experience defining satellite & constellation CONOPS
* Experience with satellite fault & autonomy
* Experience with satellite end-to-end testing
* Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing
* Experience with Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing
* Possess TS/SCI clearance
Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline
only of what is reasonably expected to be paid for the position. Salaries are
based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and
business considerations.
**Summary Pay-Range**
* Level K: $147,050 - $216,250
**Benefits and Perks**
Millennium Space Systems offers a very competitive benefits package to include
medical, dental, vision, and 401k plan.
**Before applying, please note:**
Millennium is DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant Company. This position is
located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S.
citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must
be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. We are proud to be
an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage veterans,
disabled veterans and disabled individuals to apply for any open position for
which they feel they are qualified.
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