Digital Engineering Team Lead Job Listing at SAIC in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2504710)

Description

Description

SAIC is hiring a Digital Engineering Team Lead to support the Office of the Under Secretary of Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Digital Engineering/Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S) directorate. The perfect candidate will have knowledge of Digital Engineering combined with a strong background in team leadership, management and strategic communications with the ability to translate "engineering talk" into "non-engineering talk" in various mediums.  This position is hybrid remote with onsite work located in Alexandria, VA.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all DEM&S team activities, to include customer management, supervising SAIC team members and managing subcontractors
• Serve as DEM&S technical lead
• Directly support the DEM&S goals to: (1) Advance Engineering Practice and Facilitate the Discussion, (2) Create Engineering Policy, Guidance, and Standards and (3) Cooperation and Collaboration with Stakeholders to include Enabling Organizations Interaction

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI clearance
• US citizenship
• Bachelors degree and fourteen (14) or more years' of experience; Masters and twelve (12) or more years' of experience
• Degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline that is relevant to engineering
• Digital Engineering technical experience in setting, managing or executing activities within digital or computational engineering, tools and environments within the model and simulation enterprise Experience in evolution of model/simulation enablers (such as validation principles and verification techniques, etc.) for expanded use in digital applications
• General technical expertise in development of DoD-level policy, guidance and standards; training, methods, processes or tools to achieve goals in the National Defense Strategy related to improving engineering practice; cooperation and collaboration with external stakeholders to include communities of practice and working groups
• Leadership experience with demonstrated ability to mentor and manage other team members (junior to senior levels) and serving as a trusted advisor to government customers with ability to break down strategic tasks into executable actions and provide strategic communication in all forms (e.g., white papers, email, newsletters, social media, websites) to advance the customer's outreach activities

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced and emerging technology areas, such as autonomy, cloud computing or artificial intelligence, digital transformation or data-centric operations
• Experience in executing agile processes, managing scrum boards, business process improvement, and translating technical language
• Strong communication skills across various mediums, mentoring junior engineers, utilizing business tools, and breaking down strategic tasks
• Advanced PowerPoint and document formatting skills, and developing style guides with expertise in data analysis, software development, and automation tools, along with proficiency in website development
• Experience executing agile processes, managing a scrum board in Teams or Jira, performing business process improvement
• Advanced skills in the development of communications using common business tools (e.g., Word, Publisher, Access, and Project). Ability to support data analysis, knowledge management and automation using automation tools (e.g., Power BI, Flow, ServiceNow).

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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