CTO/ETO Technical Lead – Engineering

Mission Technologies, a division of HII

. Lead a cross-functional team in the design, development, testing, delivery, and support of program products .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timePocasset • Massachusetts • United StatesSenior💰 $158,326 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading cross-functional teams for technical product development, emphasizing quality and reliability while managing project schedules and budgets. Proficient in customer interfacing, technical documentation, and mentoring engineering personnel in complex systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Engineering Leadership ExperienceProject Management SkillsTechnical Briefing SkillsExperience with Marine SystemsAbility to Obtain Government Clearance

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Hard Skills

Technical Product DevelopmentProject LeadershipRisk ManagementCMMI Development ProcessesSystems InstallationSoftware TestingTechnical DocumentationProduct IntegrationTroubleshootingProduct Upgrades

Soft Skills

TeamworkCommunication SkillsCustomer InterfacingMentoringPresentation Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

Government-Issued Secret Clearance

Industry Keywords

Defense ContractingMarine SystemsRoboticsMultidisciplinary SystemsIndustrial EnvironmentShipboard Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a cross-functional team in the design, development, testing, delivery, and support of program products
Work with engineering leadership, program management, and customers to align product designs with the technical vision and requirements
Manage the product technical baseline and support technical planning while maintaining budget and schedule
Establish product development approaches emphasizing quality, robustness, and reliability
Resolve cross-discipline technical issues
Provide dotted-line supervision to technical personnel working on complex systems
Serve as the technical focal point for internal and external customers
Participate in technical, cost, and schedule progress reviews
Support program and project managers with development and production plans and schedules
Mentor engineering team members
Support continuous improvement through CMMI development processes
Lead engineering efforts across manufacturing, post-delivery design updates and issues, and new functions and capabilities
Lead or contribute to product and application design, redesign, development, specification, and implementation
Coordinate systems installation and software testing with other technologists
Provide technical guidance and maintain project technical integrity
Lead project evaluations, feasibility reviews, technical escalations, and resolutions
Determine and provide technical documentation, including functional and technical specifications
Assist with project scoping, deliverables, and project-specific documentation
Coordinate staffing resources with producers
Create test plans with quality assurance and ensure issues are assigned, fixed, and regressed
Communicate daily on project status
Provide technical consultancy and participate in business development, proposals, development plans, and presentations

Requirements

What you’ll need

8 years relevant progressive experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or 6 years relevant progressive experience with a Master’s degree in a related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years relevant progressive experience
Engineering leadership experience
Must be able to obtain and maintain a government-issued Secret clearance
Experience establishing strategy for technical product development with emphasis on multidisciplinary systems
Experience as project leader/manager, including supervision of technical personnel involved in complex systems design and development
Background with marine systems, robotics, and product development/integration
Project management skills, including earned value and risk management
Customer interfacing and presentation skills
Technical briefing skills for internal/external customers and company leadership
Experience leading technical definition and change proposal development
Experience identifying program risks and developing mitigation plans
Teamwork and communication skills, verbal and written
Experience with defense contracting environments
Ability to travel for customer meetings and/or technical support
Experience troubleshooting and introducing product upgrades into a production setting
Ability to work in an industrial or shipboard environment
Normally able to lift up to 40 pounds higher than three feet above floor level

Benefits

Comp & perks

Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices
Wellness resources
Employee assistance programs
Savings Plan Options (401(k))
Financial planning tools
Life insurance
Employee discounts
Paid holidays and paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation may occasionally be offered for qualified positions
Educational and training programs for continual career growth