M&SS IRAD Lead

## Basic Qualifications Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred. **CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:**: Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. ## Responsibilities for this Position **ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:** The MSS IRAD Lead is the engineering lead across all MSS IRAD projects with oversight for overall technical execution including cost, execution, and schedule ensuring compliance with Common Process. - Support annual IRAD cycle execution through Investment Concept Reviews (ICR), Project Kickoff Reviews, Execution and Monitoring, and Closeout: - Facilitate Contracts and Legal review of IRADs IAW CPF - Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation. - Facilitate staffing review with DOE/SEM to ensure executability - MSS IRAD Lead and Chief Engineer share the role of assuring PKR readiness. - MSS IRAD Lead, Principal Investigator, and IRAD team being responsible for the attributes of the PKR to include plan, deliverables, and details of the solution. - ICRs, coordinating with VP S&BD and CTO for planning, coordinating, and scheduling yearly ICR cycle - PKRs, coordinating with review authorities, BDDs, Chief Engineers, and Principal Investigators to ensure project has executable plan with understood deliverables, risks, and technical performance to support business needs - Execution and Monitoring, Oversee each project’s life cycle from conception to completion, with an emphasis on technical soundness, resource efficiency and deliverables. - Closeout, Ensure overall status of objectives and deliverables have been captured in final report artifacts and IRAD is effectively closed in all required tooling. - Supports the communication of IRAD to the larger GDMS community. - Lead and be responsible and accountable in all IRAD planning and execution - Provide technical guidance and participate in the engineering team for the projects. - Provide guidance on prioritization of resources (including staffing, labs, etc) of execution teams to resource managers and working with them to resolve conflicts prior to project kick-off. - Review statements of work and BOEs for IRAD projects - Assess technical risks and mitigation plans prior to PKR and participate in in their generation as necessary - Enforce processes and standards and best practices - Evaluate IRAD teams, identifying strengths, problem areas and development plans for improving performance – provide feedback to team, SEM and DOE - Resolves stagnant or complex issues that may including facilitating leadership decisions - Ensure readiness and participation in Engineering Status Reviews (ESRs), – the reviews need to be scheduled, held and results vetted with the relevant SEMs - Ensures any scope change meets the intent of the ICR - Directs, suggests, concurs, or disapproves any project plan change. Changes are typically to “return to green” or internal customer scope change. - Provide report to regular MSS business reviews in person or file. - Develop & Maintain M&SS IRAD Tooling - Maintain IRAD Portal with relevant process changes both at the Common Process and M&SS level. - Maintain & Enhance M&SS IRAD Data Tool (Power Apps) as the M&SS record for IRADs. - Maintain & Enhance M&SS IRAD Tracking Reports (Power BI) to facilitate automated monitoring and reporting of IRAD progress. - Collaborate with M&SS Chief Technology Office to support Technology Roadmapping activities including the development of M&SS Technology Roadmap tooling: - Working with the Chie…