Weapons Lead Engineer

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and oversight for all engineering activities related to advanced weapon systems.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment between engineering execution, customer objectives, and program milestones.
• Manage and direct daily program execution to meet technical, cost, and schedule performance requirements.
• Serve as the primary interface for internal and external stakeholders, including government customers, subcontractors, and senior leadership.
• Represent the program and technical team during customer reviews, technical interchange meetings, and senior-level briefings.
• Develop and communicate the technical vision and roadmap to guide program success.
• Support and participate in proposal development, contract negotiations, and acquisition planning activities.
• Allocate and control engineering and program budgets for labor, materials, and services; provide regular status reporting to leadership.
• Identify and mitigate technical and programmatic risks, implementing proactive corrective actions as required.
• Partner with Contracts Administration to ensure compliance with all contractual, technical, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure program execution complies with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFAR) and other relevant DoD policies.
• Provide mentorship and direction to engineering staff, promoting collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Manage technical priorities, backlog, and resource planning to ensure alignment with program goals.
• Drive program closeout activities, ensuring all deliverables and documentation are completed accurately and on time.
• Apply strong systems engineering principles, including requirements decomposition, interface control, and verification/validation planning.
• Leverage Agile development processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance collaboration and efficiency.
• Support and uphold MTSI's mission, values, and culture in all aspects of program execution.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in aerospace or defense engineering, with significant time spent on DoD weapons or advanced systems programs.
• Proven success leading complex technical programs or engineering teams through the full program lifecycle (concept, design, test, production, and sustainment).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, integration, and test processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage manpower planning, technical performance, schedules, and budgets.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology, program management tools, and engineering processes.
• Familiarity with FAR, DFAR, RFPs, CDRLs, SOWs, ICDs, and related acquisition documentation.
• Experience supporting proposal development, cost estimation, and basis-of-estimate (BOE) generation.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Program Management certification (e.g., PMP, APDP) preferred.
• Experience with DoDI 5000.02, Information Assurance, and Program Protection Planning (PPP) desired.

• A Business degree may be acceptable if accompanied by at least 3 years of direct experience working on DoD engineering or technical programs.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com