Job Description

Position Overview

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is seeking a consultant who can lead Advanced Energy Portfolio as a Project Manager aimed at solving DoD problems using commercial-off-the-shelf technology from nontraditional technology vendors. This position requires project leadership skills coupled with Energy subject matter expertise. A successful Advanced Energy Consultant will need strong judgement, an analytical mindset, sound collaboration skills, a pragmatic approach to problems-solving, and the ability to thrive in an oftentimes ambiguous, entrepreneurial environment. This position will be based in Mountain View, CA, with expected travel of 10%.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the prototypes throughout their lifecycle, including need definition, vendor solicitation, solution review and selection, project plan and contract development, prototype implementation, post-prototype assessment, and transition to DoD partners.
• Coordinate the implementation and engineering support of Advanced Energy projects to include coordinating the solution of relevant technical and programmatic problems and assessing the technical feasibility of commercial solutions.
• Work closely with government partners and commercial vendors as a project manager facilitating non-traditional and/or traditional vendor relationships throughout the prototype development lifecycle.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and drive buy-in with senior government officials, executive leadership, and other high-ranking stakeholders.
• Perform independent reviews and detailed technical assessments of commercial solutions and their specific applications.
• Provide reviews and assessments, analyses of applicable technologies and operational concepts, system requirements, test plans, executions, results, and related technical documentation.
• Work with DoD/Government partners to identify and document problem statements used as solicitations for commercial solutions.
• Review prototype proposals from commercial vendors, reports, and related project documents.
• Participate in milestone reviews, testing, and simulations, as appropriate.
• Participate in post-prototype analysis activities and review and analysis of prototype data.
• Prepare program updates, white papers, technical papers, briefs, and meeting materials.
• Respond to official requests for information and other tasks from government partners and stakeholders.
• Participate in key intra- and inter-agency meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Master's degree in an engineering/scientific field or Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
• 12 years experience of which 5 years of relevant work experience in Product and Program management, and at least 3 years of experience in engineering or project development.
• US Citizenshiip and a current Secret clearance or the eligibility to achieve a Top Secret (TS) clearance.
• Ability to deliver multi-discipline, multi-stakeholder projects that demonstrably improve operational capabilities (measured by increase in accuracy, decrease in cost, decrease in time) and enhance scientific collaboration, knowledge sharing, and research for the relevant community
• Ability to communicate to a broad range of audiences (CEOs, investors, commercial vendors, media, etc) to gain acceptance of vision, guidance and policy