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Senior Engineer

Sayres Defense
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/18/2026

Sayres is seeking a Senior Engineer to support PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants (USC) in San Diego, CA with Secret Clearance, verifiable in DISS.


PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants (USC) provides a single program executive responsible for acquiring and maintaining the littoral mission capabilities of the USC class from end to end, beginning with procurement, and ending with fleet employment and sustainment. These include programs in support of Mine Warfare, Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules, and Unmanned Maritime Systems, in addition to Littoral Combat Ship, Fleet Introduction, Test & Evaluation, and In-Service Support.


PEO USC is comprised of seven program offices. In addition to the USC mission modules program, the portfolio includes programs in support of mine warfare, maritime systems, and expeditionary systems. These offices are responsible for the development, delivery and maintenance of over 200 programs supporting our overseas contingency operations and the transformation of military capabilities for tomorrow.


Responsibilities



  • Provide on-site representatives in support of PMS 321 as a Combat Systems (C/S) Hull Manager for the LCS platform.

  • Assist the PACFLT government planning managers in developing availability work packages. Requires understanding of Naval Service craft, C/S, HM&E systems, work requirements, availability planning systems, CNO avail timelines and procedures.

  • C/S Hull Manager will provide on-site support for maintenance and modernization, LCS-class issues, Fleet Introduction, maintenance planning and execution, Planning Yard, PARMs and Configuration Management and Control issues.

  • Coordinate SEA 21 program issues and concerns with the Regional Maintenance Centers (RMC).

  • Assist PMS 321 in coordinating technical issue resolution and providing liaison between ships, port engineers, TYCOMs, SEA 21, planning yards, PARMs, In-Service Engineering Agents (ISEAs), and support activities. Assist in design, advance planning, and execution of CNO availabilities.

  • Assist in monitoring ship change design, planning and execution.

  • Support conduct of engineering investigations and ship checks.

  • Assist in tracking, researching, and supporting ILS efforts.

  • Assemble data provided by RMCs, NSAs, ships, shipyards, PYs, and other waterfront sources for reports to the program office.

  • Create executive summaries, charts, graphs, and other products that convey barge availability status, execution status, and updates to issue resolutions.

  • Provide technical and management support to resolve planning, design, material, or other issues for ships in availabilities.

  • Support end of availability actions, including but not limited to, work package closure activities, and message preparation


Minimum requirements:



  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline or preferred experience

  • 5-8 years experience in engineering or scientific discipline

  • Secret clearance verifiable in DISS


Preferred:



  • 8 years experience in engineering or scientific discipline

  • Prior military, maritime, or Marine Engineer background.


Salary:


The salary for this position is likely $80,000 - $120,000. Salary ranges are not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.


The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.


At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations.


We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.


Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.


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Salary : $80,000 - $120,000

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