Senior Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (Engineering Program Manager)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required 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 Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME) is responsible for overseeing engineering projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables and fostering cross-functional collaboration. The role involves managing engineering resources, resolving technical issues, and maintaining project schedules and budgets. The DPME also plays a key role in risk management, performance feedback, and project change management.
The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with sufficient breadth across mechanical, electrical, electro-optical, software, hardware, and operational domains to augment or assume responsibility for a technical lead overseeing multiple engineering IPTs and programs.
What You Will Do:
- Lead the systems-engineering/project lifecycle including customer engagement, development of requirements, concept development, architecture, design, integration, verification, deployment, and sustainment.
- Elicit customer and user needs and distinguish operational needs from proposed solutions.
- Oversee development of system architectures, operational concepts, requirements hierarchies, interfaces, technical baselines, and verification strategies.
- Work with program management to handle customer negotiations and manage interpersonal dynamics.
- Apply project leadership principles, including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Controls for complex programs.
- Anticipate customer technology, process, and operational needs to develop mission critical solutions.
- Lead technical, design, customer, and management reviews; brief technical status, decisions, risks, and recommendations at the level of detail appropriate to the audience.
- Support proposals, technical volumes, basis-of-estimate development, technical risk assessments, and customer technical exchanges.
- Mentor engineers, develop technical leaders, delegate responsibility intentionally, and distribute critical program knowledge across the team.
- Develop and maintain engineering plans as required by the project.
- Ensure all project deliverables (including documentation) are developed with high quality and delivered on time.
- Ensure that all engineering processes adhere to established engineering practices.
- Ensure that total system is integrated, tested, and requirements are validated.
- Identify, develop, analyze, and report engineering project measures internally and externally.
- May manage direct reports and/or be assigned indirect reports for projects or programs.
- Conduct lessons learned after each major phase of the project and implement effective corrective actions as required.
- Manage the resolution of technical issues, communicate the resolution to all affected parties, and ensure that the resolution is carried out in all of the affected artifacts.
- Motivate the engineering team and provides a clear understanding of project goals.
What sets you apart:
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly report relevant information and effectively convey project topics to diverse audiences.
- Creative thinker that is motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop next generation solutions.
- Collaborative team leader with commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others.
- Proven success leading the systems development life cycle including strong proficiency with requirements management and system modeling tools.
- Strong problem-solving skills in complex environments.
- Proven organizational and time management skills.
- Leadership skills, including the ability to lead, motivate a team, and resolve conflicts.
- Experience applying digital-engineering and MBSE practices, including Cameo/MagicDraw and SysML concepts, to model the decisions, interfaces, behavior, risks, and traceability that need engineering control.
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options:
- This position is fully on-site or Hybrid/Flex.
- While on-site, you will be a part of the Florham Park NJ Team
Salary Note
This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.Combined Salary Range
USD $175,332.00 - USD $185,000.00 /Yr.Company Overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans