Survivability Strategist - GM Defense in United States at Jobgether
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Job Description
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Survivability Strategist – GM Defense based in the United States.
This role sits at the core of defense engineering strategy, shaping how survivability is defined, designed, and integrated into next-generation mission-ready vehicles and systems. You will translate evolving threat environments and mission requirements into actionable technical roadmaps that guide survivability across platforms, programs, and architectures. Acting as both strategist and technical authority, you will define make-or-buy decisions, establish partnerships, and set enterprise-level standards for survivability design and validation. The position requires deep systems thinking and the ability to balance performance, protection, cost, and manufacturability at scale. You will work across multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and program leadership. Your decisions will directly influence the resilience, effectiveness, and operational readiness of advanced defense mobility solutions.
In this role, you will define and lead the survivability strategy while ensuring its execution across engineering and program development activities.
- Develop and maintain the enterprise survivability roadmap aligned with mission requirements, threat environments, and long-term program goals
- Determine in-house vs. outsourced capabilities for survivability analysis, tools, and engineering workstreams
- Identify and establish strategic partnerships to expand survivability expertise and industrial capability
- Define and institutionalize survivability design standards, materials guidelines, manufacturing approaches, and technical best practices
- Lead trade studies balancing survivability, weight, cost, performance, manufacturability, and schedule constraints
- Guide development of survivability requirements, validation strategies, and system integration approaches
- Support identification of vulnerabilities, failure modes, and technical risks across platforms and architectures
- Collaborate cross-functionally to embed survivability considerations into product design, development, and execution
- Act as a technical authority and key point of contact for survivability strategy with internal and external stakeholders
This role requires extensive experience in survivability engineering and strong strategic and systems-level thinking within complex technical environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience in survivability engineering, systems integration, technical strategy, or related fields
- Strong understanding of survivability principles, including structural design tradeoffs, materials behavior, manufacturing constraints, and analytical methods
- Proven ability to define technical roadmaps and make strategic capability decisions (build vs. buy vs. partner)
- Demonstrated experience leading complex trade studies across performance, protection, cost, and manufacturability dimensions
- Strong analytical skills to assess vulnerabilities, manage technical risk, and develop engineering standards and methodologies
- Ability to translate mission and threat requirements into practical, executable engineering guidance
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and external partners
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to export control requirements
- Salary range: $134,700 – $207,600 annually, based on experience and location
- Bonus eligibility through performance-based incentive programs
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans
- Retirement savings plan and financial wellbeing programs
- Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
- Tuition assistance and employee development programs
- Vehicle evaluation program with access to company vehicle offerings (eligibility-based)
- Employee discounts and additional wellbeing benefits
- Flexible work arrangements with limited on-site expectations depending on location
- Travel requirement of less than 25%