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(GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Scientist and team Supervisor of the Technology Development team within our Advanced Programs group. Under limited supervision, this Scientist will perform technical management of development projects, including applied research, prototype design and fabrication and flight test of capabilities for GA-ASI, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). In addition, this Scientist will support technical development of competitive proposals for existing and new DoD customers. As a supervisor, this Scientist will lead the team of scientists and engineers supporting technology development including project oversight and mentoring of personnel.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDevelops innovative but practical solutions to advanced technical problems.\nProvides focal point for technical communication within the Company management and may represent the Company as the prime technical contact to customers and/or government regulatory agencies.\nDevises new approaches to resolve unusual or complex engineering problems.\nPresents report(s) at scientific meetings, consults on scientific problems, and collaborates in the development of new or expansion of existing business opportunities.\nUnderstands digital models and can contribute to development of behavioral and/or functional capabilities at the component, subsystem, and system level.\nAnticipates future scientific needs and the modifications required to accomplish a technical goal.\nAddresses complex and difficult technical issues requiring novel and highly creative approaches drawing on advanced scientific concepts.\nMay assume technical and scientific responsibility of the success of an identifiable project.\nMay develop and/or perform computational modeling of scientific phenomena.\nDirects activities of design or technical staff and leads a team of moderately experienced professional staff.\nManages program schedule and resource needs for a cross-functional engineering team.\nMaintains the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.\nEstablishes a team of engineers and/or scientists to conduct modeling & simulation, basic design, prototype fabrication and laboratory style testing to address key model uncertainties and risks.\nContributes to 5-10 year roadmaps of unmanned aircraft capabilities. Identifies enabling technologies that will lead to the attributes required in future years, and develops maturation steps for those technologies.\nSupports program capture and business development activities including attendance of industry days, generating of white papers, proposal technical volumes and basis of estimates and BOMs for proposal cost volumes.\nPerforms other duties as assigned.\nResponsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.\nExpected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.\nWe recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3352,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military Drones","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-12T21:18:17Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":102500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-12T07:36:15+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T04:04:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T04:04:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6424,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1782979},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1782979"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgeneral-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgeneral-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgeneral-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/general-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgeneral-atomics-engineer-manager-technology-development"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4198641}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ga.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4198641},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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