# Chief Engineer

\**Contingent key position for upcoming proposal** Are you ready to support critical USSF missions and make a lasting impact? Amentum is seeking a Chief Engineer to join our team to support the USSF COBRA DANE Operations and Sustainment (CDOS) In Colorado Springs, CO. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to mission readiness and operational excellence by providing technical leadership and systems engineering oversight, delivering innovative solutions, and conducting cybersecurity impact assessments that advance enduring mission objectives. If you excel in collaborative, high-impact environments and are passionate about driving mission success, we want to hear from you. J Join Amentum and be part of a team dedicated to innovation, excellence, and shaping the future of space domain operations. Essential Responsibilities The Chief Engineer will provide technical leadership in the following areas: Complex radar-system sustainment and restoration; Ground-based radar engineering; Fault isolation and root-cause analysis; Organizational and depot-level maintenance; EDLM, UDLM, Engineering Assistance, and Technical Assistance support; Hardware/software integration; System Integration La

- **Id**: 3663416
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amentum-chief-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Colorado Springs, United States, Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-31T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T14:54:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4579
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Logistics, Information Security, Facilities Management, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

## Company

- **Id**: 14861
- **Name**: Amentum
- **Domain**: amentum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amentum>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 444
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.941
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 225500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225500

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T04:26:09Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 57
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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