Flight Systems Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer (Secret Clearance) - 19027

The Flight Systems Futures team executes the design and development, procurement/manufacturing, and integration & test of novel flight systems across a broad spectrum of applications.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead a small team of design engineers from conceptual design to final design for a space based vehicle. Overseeing the execution of mechanical design and PDP generation to procure, manufacture, and assemble the vehicle.
• Attending internal program, customer and/or supplier technical exchange meetings
• Support formal program milestone reviews to provide and/or obtain progress status updates.
• Working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.
• Ensure appropriate coordination between electrical design and other integration teams.
• Coordinate electrical system engineering content and work products.
• Develop Product Definition Packages (PDPs)/Analysis Data Packages (ADPs) and take them through the full review and release process.
• Review engineering deliverables such as MBOMs, part data sheets, mechanical ICDs, specifications, mechanical analysis and trade studies.
• May perform research, trade studies, evaluation, and systems integration analyses for SWaP and mass properties.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills to work effectively to understand system level interdependencies that impact electrical requirements and design constraints. Demonstrate leadership principles – Integrity, respect, organizational, communication etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• Must have an active Secret clearance at time of application
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
• 5+ years of experience with CAD modeling (Siemens NX preferred)
• Familiar with common engineering standards (ISO, ASME, Mil Spec, NAS, etc.)
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills when conveying technical content
• Knowledge of GD&T, materials selection, and manufacturing processes
• Must have 2+ years of experience leading Mechanical Engineering and/or technical teams
• Must have mechanical design experience for hypersonic systems, flight systems, and/or missiles
• Must have experience with systems packaging, sizing, and weight tradeoffs and analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Flight test vehicle proto-qualification
• Experience with mechanical ICD development with vendors
• Experience with Team Center (CPLM) and the Product Definition Package (PDP) release process
• Experience with the ASME Y14.X suite of engineering drawing standards
• Experience with requirements management and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) principles
• Experience performing dynamic and static analysis (NX Motion or ANSYS preferred)