Mission Systems Technical Authority

Expleo is a global company and a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.This role is part of the Engineering Delivery Management roles that are focused on the overall management of engineering activities, including technical, schedule and cost. They manage and monitor the solution engineering activities and the teams and are responsible for the development and deployment of processes, practices and tools for a specific project. The individual will be responsible to ensure alignment between project solutions and Engineering group guidance. The role also includes support to bids and initial feasibility and concepts work.The Project Design Authority/Technical Authority is responsible for Solution Compliance for the Bid or Project. Their primary objective is to define the Solution to achieve full compliance within the budget and schedule constraints of the project proposing the best trade-off.The PDA may be engaged in either or both Bidding and Delivery phases of the Project. Key Accountabilities:The primary activities of the Principle Mission Systems Technical Authority are:The primary technical leader of the bid or project team. Acts as lead technical interface with the Customer in respect of Solution architecture, design and performance Anticipates and/or analyses the customer needs/requirements and defines the initial needs baseline MTB/production/services strategies, contractual requirements (including offsets) and applicable legislation & regulations (ie export restrictions, Environmental/HSE, safety, security…).Define the best trade-off between the solution and customer requirements that may vary during the project execution, to stay consistent with budget, risk & opportunities, schedule, and critical performanceChecks that the Engineering Environment (process, practices and tools) for the Solution is consistent with Country/Company requirements, and overall Solution cost, technical risks & schedule. Reviews together with the SEM the technical risks and opportunities and the related mitigation plans throughout the bid or project. Approves the main bid/project engineering reviews and deliverables (SOR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TQR, FQR)Approves the technical specification and source selection of subsystems/products to be outsourced taking into account Make Team Buy policy, export restrictions and offset requirements Reviews and approves the completion of the integration, verification, validation and qualification results Oversees the acceptance of the Solution by the customerOrganizes when appropriate technical meetings and peer reviews together with the Architect (ARC) and the SEM and other stakeholders (industry, services, Safety & HSE, specialties…), in order to perform the solution technical assessment and validation.Takes into account the remarks from the DA as regards the validity of the Solution and the risk assessment and mitigation. Reports regularly to the DA on technical status and on technical risks Bachelor's/Master degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent education with relevant experience.Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don't hold formal qualificationsCertifications: P.Eng. or CET or eligible to obtain P.Eng or CET