Lead Assessor

Job Duties

• Coordinate and oversee day-to-day assessment activities across the assessor team.
• Track assessment schedules, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, and outstanding action items.
• Help ensure assessments remain on schedule and meet established quality and reporting requirements.
• Assign and coordinate assessment activities based on team availability, technical expertise, and program priorities.
• Perform hands-on physical and technical assessments of unmanned systems and supporting technologies.
• Provide additional assessment support during periods of increased workload or complex testing.
• Review assessment work products for completeness, consistency, and accuracy.
• Provide guidance and support to junior and mid-level assessors.
• Coordinate internal communication between assessors, technical leadership, program management, and other stakeholders.
• Track the shipping, receiving, inventory, and movement of systems and equipment used for assessment activities.
• Maintain awareness of equipment status, assessment readiness, and logistical requirements within the Charlotte facility.
• Identify risks, schedule impacts, resource constraints, and other issues affecting assessment execution.
• Support the development and improvement of assessment processes, procedures, checklists, and documentation.
• Assist with communicating technical findings, assessment status, and program needs to vendors and government stakeholders as required.
• Support hardware, software, cybersecurity, and physical assessment activities based on program needs and individual technical expertise.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in engineering, cybersecurity, systems assessment, testing, technical program management, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience evaluating, testing, troubleshooting, or working with complex hardware and/or software systems.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate technical work across multiple people, priorities, and deadlines.
• Experience tracking tasks, schedules, deliverables, risks, and action items.
• Ability and willingness to perform hands-on technical and physical assessment work in addition to team coordination responsibilities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent assessment activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to provide technical guidance, coaching, and support to less experienced team members.
• Ability to identify problems, establish priorities, and drive tasks through completion in a fast-moving technical environment.

Nice to Have Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with unmanned aircraft systems, robotics, embedded systems, cUAS technologies, or other integrated hardware/software platforms.
• Experience leading or coordinating technical testing, assessment, engineering, or laboratory teams.
• Technical Program Manager, Technical Project Manager, engineering lead, team lead, or similar experience.
• Experience developing or improving technical processes, standard operating procedures, checklists, or workflows.
• Experience coordinating equipment logistics, inventory, shipping, receiving, or laboratory operations.
• Experience interacting directly with vendors, customers, or government stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, hardware security, systems engineering, or technical compliance assessments.

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