Survivability Strategist

Responsibilities: - Define the survivability strategy and roadmap for GM Defense in support of mission requirements, threat environments, customer expectations, and long-term business objectives. - Determine which survivability capabilities, analyses, tools, and technical workstreams should be developed in-house versus outsourced. - Identify, evaluate, and help establish external partnerships needed to build and scale survivability capability. - Develop and institutionalize survivability design best practices, material guidelines, manufacturing methods, and technical standards for use across programs. - Guide development of survivability-related requirements, design criteria, technical recommendations, and integration approaches across the product. - Lead trade studies to balance survivability, weight, performance, cost, manufacturability, and program timing. - Support development of survivability analysis methods, assessment approaches, and validation strategies to strengthen technical decision-making. - Work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, integration, validation, supply chain, and program teams to embed survivability into product development. - Support identification and assessment of vulnerabilities, failure modes, and integration risks related to survivability. - Serve as a technical point of contact for survivability strategy and implementation with internal stakeholders, partners, and customers. Qualifications: - BSE, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience. - 10+ years professional experience in survivability-related engineering, strategy development, product integration, or equivalent technical roles. - Strong understanding of survivability-related engineering principles, including design tradeoffs, material behavior, manufacturing strategies, and analysis methods. - Proven ability to define technical strategy and roadmap. - Demonstrated ability to lead trade studies balancing complex project constraints. - Strong analytical ability to identify vulnerabilities and assess technical risk. - Candidate must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee).