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Alion Science and Technology

Software Project Manager - 2 (4460)

Virginia Beach, VA

Job Description
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Come Join HII! Where hard stuff is done right
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with interests in designing, developing, producing and maintaining best in class Unmanned Surface Vessels for Government customers.

This opportunity resides with Unmanned Systems, a business group within Huntington Ingalls Industries' Technical Solutions division, creates advanced unmanned maritime solutions for defense, marine research, and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations, and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

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Huntington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII's Technical Solutions division supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, nuclear and environmental services, and defense and federal solutions. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit: www.huntingtoningalls.com.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

What you will do

Ensure the successful delivery of company projects on time, cost, and quality. Participate in full life-cycle project development from initial customer proposal, through production, to final acceptance test. Oversee all aspects of multiple projects using planning, monitoring, and controlling processes.
• Coordinate with sales, engineering, and production to define the scope of work for assigned projects and develop initial project plan, including initial schedule, cost budget, resource budget and associated forecasting.
• Identify assumptions and constraints (technical, schedule, resource, budget) for each project.
• Develop and maintain Project Risk Response plans for each project.
• Manage each project budget maintaining variance to original cost estimates.
• Develop and maintain project dashboard that highlights cost, schedule and resource variances from original plan and highlights current Risk Response actions to correct for variances.
• Facilitate regular, professional team meetings across cross-functional project teams with active follow-up action items.
• Ensures high quality software deliverables are compliant with contractual requirements and industry best practices
• Communicate all pertinent information to the stakeholder community including engineering, production, and quality teams.
• Monitor, control, and communicate to corporate management the status of projects, with attention to resource utilization, project costs and risk management.
• Utilize technical leadership expertise to build effective teams.
• Utilize positive leadership style to build motivated teams.
• Utilize effective supervisory skills to improve processes, resolve conflicts.
• Provide input to employee performance appraisals.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What we are looking for


  • 6 years relevant progressive experience with Bachelors in related field; 4 years relevant progressive experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant progressive experience.
  • Experience in software as a project manager
  • Exp with Scrum, Agile project management principles a plus
  • Must have a secret clearance #LI-MH1


Bonus Points for

PMP is desired
UUV/USV experience nice to have

Physical Requirements
May be required to visit job site in an industrial or shipboard environment. Normally not required to lift more than 40 pounds higher than three feet above feet/floor level.

This opportunity resides with Unmanned Systems, a business group within Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Our Unmanned Systems group creates advanced unmanned maritime solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

Huntington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII's Technical Solutions division supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, nuclear and environmental services, and defense and federal solutions. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit: www.huntingtoningalls.com .

A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by January 4, 2022. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

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Employment Type: Other