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# Technical Director at ENSCO, Inc.

- **Company:** ENSCO, Inc.
- **Location:** Albuquerque New Mexico, United States
- **Compensation:** $230k–$290k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ensco/jobs/5398092008

## Job description

For more than 50 years, ENSCO has been providing leading-edge engineering, science and advanced technology solutions to governments and private industries worldwide.

ENSCO prides itself in creating and applying advanced technologies for mission success. We provide systems engineering, integration, and advanced technology services to transform the future safety, security, and resiliency of critical missions on the ground, in the air, in space, and in the information systems that connect these domains.

[Learn more about ENSCO.](https://www.ensco.com/)

Position Description

ENSCO Inc. is a diverse engineering and technology company that provides engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions supporting mission success, safety, and security for government and commercial customers worldwide.

We are seeking a Technical Director to work directly with the Government acquisition and mission leaders responsible for a critical Satellite Control (Telemetry, Tracking, and Command - TT&C) capability. This role operates before prototype commitment and turns operational urgency into a clear path to buy, prove, integrate, and field capability.

This leader will connect mission outcomes, portfolio trade space, commercial and industrial options, mission architecture, cybersecurity, transition, and production scalability. The focus is decision velocity: define the smallest body of evidence needed for each decision, expose risk early, keep multiple options viable, and move the Government from concept to executable acquisition action. Government decision owners retain all formal authority.

Primary Responsibilities

- Convert mission urgency into acquisition action. Define the operational outcomes, time-to-field targets, production scale targets, critical constraints, and decision evidence needed before the Government commits resources to a prototype.
- Set the acquisition strategy. Lead development of the Government-owned strategy across portfolio position, acquisition pathway, competitive structure, contracting options, prototype sequencing, funding decision points, fielding increments, and transition.
- Drive portfolio trade-space decisions. Frame clear choices across mission effect, performance, cost, schedule, integration complexity, cybersecurity, interoperability, time-to-field, and production scalability so leaders can act quickly.
- Design rapid learning campaigns. Define focused experiments, demonstrations, digital evidence, knowledge points, exit criteria, and off-ramps that expose weak assumptions early and prevent premature commitment.
- Build for modularity and competition. Establish modular open architecture principles, open interfaces, data-rights objectives, integration seams, and replaceable capability increments that preserve options and reduce vendor lock-in.
- Advance commercial-first options. Evaluate commercial products, Commercial Solutions Openings, Other Transaction pathways, non-traditional suppliers, direct-to-supplier opportunities, dual-use solutions, and co-investment models when they accelerate mission outcomes.
- Connect mission architecture to fielding. Align mission threads, operator workflows, interfaces, data flows, external dependencies, infrastructure, cybersecurity, sustainment, training, and operational handoff from the start.
- Create decision packages and scorecards. Deliver concise option papers, capability roadmaps, industrial assessments, decision schedules, risk and opportunity views, and portfolio measures centered on time-to-field, production scalability, and mission outcomes.
- Synchronize empowered stakeholders. Drive a high-tempo decision cadence across acquisition, contracting, finance, operations, intelligence, communications, engineering, test, cybersecurity, logistics, and industry participants.
- Lead through execution. Surface blockers early, assign evidence and action owners, challenge unsupported assumptions, mentor technical contributors, and maintain accountability through the next Government decision and transition milestone.

Qualifications Required:

- Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, engineering management, or a closely related technical discipline, plus a minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience.
- Recognized as a top contributor within the technical community, with a well-established technical reputation and a record of influencing high-consequence mission and acquisition decisions.
- Demonstrated experience leading the creation or execution of an acquisition strategy during concept maturation, pre-prototype planning, rapid prototyping, or another early phase for a complex defense, intelligence, space, or mission capability.
- Proven ability to convert urgent mission outcomes into an executable acquisition pathway, competitive approach, prototype decision plan, measurable knowledge points, and fielding strategy.
- Ability to drive portfolio trade-offs among mission effect, performance, cost, schedule, integration complexity, cybersecurity, interoperability, time-to-field, and production scalability.
- Technical depth in mission architectures, operational threads, interfaces, data flows, external dependencies, modularity, interoperability, transition constraints, and integration risk.
- Experience designing rapid experiments or demonstrations and using evidence, exit criteria, and off-ramps to retire risk and accelerate commitment decisions.
- Experience producing executive decision packages, capability roadmaps, commercial and industrial assessments, portfolio scorecards, decision schedules, risk and opportunity views, and acquisition products that move leaders to action.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a high-tempo cross-functional team spanning acquisition, contracting, finance, operations, intelligence, communications, engineering, test, cybersecurity, logistics, and industry.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present clear options, consequences, and recommendations to senior leaders and document a defensible decision record.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven on-site environment in Albuquerque, New Mexico with travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and support periodic coordination or travel to vendor or mission sites as required.
- AN ACTIVE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION FOR WHICH, YOU MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN

Qualifications Desired:

- Master's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering, engineering management, acquisition management, data analytics, or a related discipline.
- Experience with Satellite Control, TT&C, space-ground integration, command and control, mission management, or other space mission systems.
- Experience working directly with U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, Space Operations Command, or another DoD acquisition organization to accelerate a critical mission capability.
- Experience with capability portfolio management, empowered portfolio decision structures, or portfolio-level trade-space analysis across cost, performance, schedule, production, and mission outcomes.
- Hands-on experience with commercial-first sourcing, COTS evaluation, Commercial Solutions Openings, Other Transaction pathways, competitive prototyping, non-traditional suppliers, or direct-to-supplier strategies.
- Experience applying modular open architecture principles, open interfaces, intellectual property and data-rights strategies, cybersecurity integration, and replaceable capability increments.
- Experience using digital threads, digital twins, AI-enabled analytics, or portfolio scorecards to measure time-to-field, production scalability, and mission outcomes.
- Experience planning transition to operations and production, including sustainment, surge capacity, dual-use potential, exportability, or allied integration considerations.
- DAU acquisition credentials or comparable credentials in acquisition, contracting, portfolio leadership, product delivery, or mission analytics.
- Current Top Secret or TS/SCI eligibility.

Work Location Type: On-Site Required Certifications: None U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes Security Clearance Required: Secret Employment Type: Regular Full-time Background Check Type:  7 Year Pre-Employment Drug Screen Required: None Position Contingent Upon Contract Award: Yes Salary Range $230,000—$290,000 USD

REAL ID Requirement

This position may require the ability to access to U.S. federal facilities. In accordance with the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement of the REAL ID Act, as of May 7, 2025, individuals must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or an acceptable alternative to gain entry. For a list of acceptable forms of identification, please click here.

## Benefits

At ENSCO, a positive working environment and a competitive salary are only part of the reason for choosing a career here. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that creates a stimulating and supportive environment where you can thrive - visit [ensco.com/careers/benefits](https://www.ensco.com/careers/benefits) to learn more.

Export Control and Licensing

This position may involve access to technology or technical data that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations and the release of which to a non US person may require an export license from the U.S. Government.

Privacy

Your data privacy is important to ENSCO. Please [click here to view our privacy policy](https://www.ensco.com/legal). California residents can [click here to view your California privacy rights](https://www.ensco.com/legal#caprivacy).

## EEO Statement

ENSCO, Inc. and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers– veterans, disability

## About ENSCO, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ENSCO, Inc. is a privately held engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions provider serving government and private industries in aerospace, national security, rail, and cybersecurity.
- **Entity Type**: Private (privately held)
- **Headquarters**: Vienna, Virginia, USA
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (over 50 years in operation)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Aerospace, rail (surface transportation), national security, cybersecurity
- **Target customers**: Government agencies (federal, state, local), commercial entities in transportation, defense, space, and critical infrastructure
- **Mission**: “Providing leading-edge engineering, science and advanced technology solutions to governments and private industries worldwide” in mission-critical environments where safety, security, reliability, and resilience are paramount.

## Products & Services
- **Aerospace Systems Engineering & Integration**: Launch safety, satellite control systems, simulation, independent verification and validation, FAA regulatory support, commercial launch safety.
- **Rail Inspection Technologies**: Advanced rail inspection sensors, high-resolution imaging, autonomous inspection systems, rolling stock inspection, and operation of the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado.
- **Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Training**: Training for security professionals and critical infrastructure leaders to assess drone threats and enhance air domain security.
- **CBRNe Warning & Protection Systems**: Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive detection and decision systems used by highly protected facilities.
- **Cybersecurity Offerings**: Elite cybersecurity services including CMMC Level 2 certified capabilities, risk management, and security assessments.
- **Human Machine Interface (HMI)**: IData® Tool Suite and IGL® products for commercial, military, and general aviation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue >$190 million (as stated on company website); 750+ employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (privately held; no external funding rounds disclosed)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Acquisition of K Labs, Inc. to expand railway inspection technology
  - Achieved CMMC Level 2 cybersecurity certification
  - Recognized as a Top Workplaces USA for six consecutive years (2021–2026) by Energage
  - Received HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award and VETS Indexes 4-Star Employer designation

## Competitive Advantages
- **Longevity & Trust**: Over 50 years of delivering mission-critical solutions to government and commercial clients.
- **Diversified Expertise**: Operates across aerospace, rail, national security, and cyber – rare breadth in a single mid-sized firm.
- **Specialized Facilities**: Operates the Transportation Technology Center (TTC), a unique rail testing and training facility.
- **Certifications**: CMMC Level 2 certification demonstrates strong cybersecurity posture, a key differentiator for government contracts.
- **Veteran-Friendly Culture**: Strong commitment to hiring and retaining veterans, with multiple awards and certifications (V3, HIRE Vets, VETS Indexes).

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding use of the Transportation Technology Center to support additional government and commercial entities.
- Growing counter-drone (C-UAS) training and security offerings.
- Advancing cybersecurity services and maintaining CMMC compliance to win more defense and federal contracts.
- Continuing to innovate in autonomous rail inspection and HMI technologies.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Employee-focused culture of respect, growth, and family-friendly policies. Recognized as a Top Workplaces USA and Top Workplaces in Technology Industry.
- **Work Flexibility**: Many positions offer flexible schedules (4/10s, 9/80s), hybrid or remote work options.
- **Benefits**:
  - Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/year; professional certification courses paid up to $7,000/year
  - 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% from first year
  - Paid parental leave, flexible PTO, and ability to borrow up to 40 hours upon hire
  - Comprehensive health, dental, vision, HSA with employer contributions up to $2,900/year
  - Employee Assistance Program, wellness incentives, gym discounts
- **Veteran Hiring**: Proud V3-certified company, HIRE Vets Gold Medallion, VETS Indexes 4-Star Employer – active veteran recruitment and retention programs.
- **Internship Program**: Paid internships with 401(k) eligibility, capstone projects presented to senior management.
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees contribute to solving some of the world’s most complicated challenges in national security, transportation safety, and space.

## Sources
1. [ENSCO About Page](https://www.ensco.com/about)
2. [ENSCO Careers Page](https://www.ensco.com/careers)
3. [ENSCO Benefits Page](https://www.ensco.com/careers/benefits)
4. [ENSCO Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ensco)

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