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This role will lead efforts to develop and field enterprise and edge computing infrastructure, including innovative solutions that are not currently available within existing environments. The candidate will work closely with integration teams, emerging technology platforms, engineering organizations, and operational stakeholders to develop mission-ready solutions that address physical and deployment constraints through small-form-factor computing, mobile servers, workstations, and related hardware technologies. The role requires strong computer engineering expertise, technical leadership, hardware lifecycle management, and the ability to deliver reliable computing solutions across geographically distributed environments.\nTHIS IS AN ONSITE ROLE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. 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REQUIREMENTS:\nBachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.\nMust be a U.S. Citizen\nMust have an Active Secret Clearance to start\nMust be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance after start\nExtensive experience in computer engineering, hardware engineering, systems integration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines supporting complex computing environments.\nExperience designing, acquiring, building, integrating, testing, installing, and sustaining computer hardware and supporting software solutions.\nExperience leading engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams responsible for hardware acquisition, system integration, installation, deployment, or sustainment activities.\nStrong understanding of computing hardware architectures, servers, workstations, storage, networking components, peripherals, and supporting infrastructure.\nExperience evaluating technical 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