Description

The ideal candidate is a team player; but also, a strong independent contributor with strong leadership skills, demonstrated problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, as well as interpersonal and organizational skills and a proactive, detail-oriented approach.

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Lead a multidisciplined team in the design of a hypersonic vehicle.
• Plan, execute, and document structured trade studies, architecture development, and systems engineering activities (including producibility and affordability) to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Develop, review, and validate mechanical system designs, models, and Technical Data Packages (TDPs), ensuring compliance with UFC, MIL-STDs, GD&T standards, and other applicable codes and regulations.
• Evaluate mechanical systems, components, and applications by reviewing designs, performing analyses, and ensuring that appropriate mechanical and thermal design standards are applied.
• Develop and present design change requests and associate rationale, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to maintain configuration control of the technical baseline.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks and opportunities driven by design and supplier factors, and execute mitigation/capture actions to reduce technical and programmatic risk.
• Collaborate with the Tactical Supplier Management Team and external suppliers, providing technical direction on mechanical scope within supplier subcontracts and statements of work.
• Serve as a key technical contributor for mechanical engineering by providing expert recommendations to program management and customers on advanced mechanical concepts and approaches.
• Champion continuous improvement and innovative design practices, leveraging digital engineering, MBSE, and Agile/iterative methods to enhance mechanical design quality, schedule, and affordability.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field
• Minimum of 12 years of relvant expereince
• Must be a US Citizen
• Active Secret clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Experience creating and releasing mechanical product definition packages (PDPs)
• Knowledge of typical aerospace manufacturing processes and designing for manufacturability
• Experience designing air vehicle structures
• Experience developing mechanical interfaces and creating Interface Control Models (ICMs)
• Proficiency with GD&T following ASME Y14.5
• Experience managing large system CAD models and mechanical interfaces
• Experience assessing and managing mass properties for large systems (knowledge of AIAA S-120A preferred)
• Experience performing air vehicle static structural assessments including pressure mapping, inertial loading, and buckling
• Experience developing first-order structural sizing tools for quick turn assessments
• Demonstrated technical leadership abilities
• Demonstrated performance executing in a fast-paced R&D environment

Preferred Qualifications:

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  Experience managing and leading a technical team through major program milestones
• Proficiency with model-based product definition practices per ASME Y14.41
• Experience using Siemens NX for mechanical design modeling and model-based definition (MBD) for manufacturing
• Experience performing air vehicle dynamic structural assessments (Shock and Vibe)
• Experience with Siemens Teamcenter for model configuration management and design release workflows
• Experience using ANSYS Mechanical for structural analysis
• Experience with Reentry Vehicle structures and Thermal Protection Systems
• Knowledge of Hypersonic Reentry Vehicle systems, environments, and typical structural tests and assessments
• Knowledge of Launch Vehicle interfaces and environments
• Experience performing mechanical integration of actuation and attitude control subsystems
• Knowledge of Reentry Vehicle payloads, avionics, and mission systems
• Knowledge of advanced materials and manufacturing processes