Director, Space Mission Assurance & EEE Parts Strategy

Basic Qualifications : Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience is required plus a minimum of 15 years of demonstrated leadership; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of demonstrated leadership. CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance and may be required to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance based on assigned programs. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Responsibilities for this Position: General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Director, Space Mission Assurance & EEE Parts Strategy, serving as the lead Mission Assurance architect for the Space Systems business. This role is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a hybrid work arrangement where business and security requirements permit. Relocation assistance may be available. The Director will define, modernize, and govern an integrated Space Systems Mission Assurance plan and enterprise electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts strategy for mission-critical payloads and communications systems across proliferated low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and cislunar or deep-space missions. The role combines the execution speed and product discipline of commercial space with rigorous, risk-informed engineering and mission assurance appropriate to each mission environment and operational life. The successful candidate will establish reusable GDMS mission-assurance profiles, standard operating media, proposal artifacts, and a multi-orbit Common Parts List. This leader will engage directly in capture and proposal efforts, negotiate practical tailoring of customer requirements, align engineering and operations to approved standards, and lead the technical and organizational change required to improve affordability, schedule, supply resilience, and mission success. REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS: Develops, publishes, and maintains the enterprise strategy, governance model, roadmap, and implementation plan for Space Systems Mission Assurance and EEE parts across Space Systems products and programs. Establishes a family of risk-informed Space Systems Mission Assurance Profiles that define scalable requirements for parts selection, screening, qualification, derating, environmental testing, process controls, reliability, surveillance, and acceptance based on mission risk, orbital environment, and operational life. Ensures Space Systems Mission Assurance Profiles are appropriately aligned with contractual obligations, applicable government and industry standards, customer risk posture, and the technical needs of each mission rather than relying solely on generic mission-class labels. Authors and governs policies, operating instructions, engineering standards, standard work, proposal language, statement-of-work content, compliance matrices, and data-item or SDRL boilerplate supporting the approved mission-assurance approach. Partners from the outset with capture, program management, systems engineering, contracts, supply chain, and legal teams to analyze customer statements of work, Mission Assurance Requirements, specifications, quality clauses, and data requirements. Develops and executes proposal-tailoring strategies, including technical redlines, exceptions, assumptions, compliance positions, and recommended replacement language that uses approved GDMS processes and product baselines whenever acceptable to the customer. Leads technical discussions and negotiations with prime contractors and government customers to remove redundant or non-value-added requirements while maintaining objective evidence that mission, qua…

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