Come join our team as our next Propulsion Engineer!
In this role you will support the engineering team as a Certified Responsible Engineer (CPE) delegate for the divert and attitude control system of the Next Generation Interceptor by conducting on-site integration including design, development, manufacturing, test, and integration for flight as well as ground systems.
Your duties will include responsibility for subcontractor interface, design, manufacture, procurement and test for propulsion hardware. This job requires coordinating with customers, suppliers, test facilities, and other related fields including manufacturing, subcontracts, quality, structure design, avionics, controls, stress and thermal analysis, systems engineering, and integration with affected subsystems and facilities. Other duties may include:
Assist on the conceptual development, requirements definition, and design of propulsion components
Perform trade studies to select the appropriate design solution
Develop product performance specifications, statements of work, and supplier data requirements for components
Participate in development of system and interface requirements
Participate in shop floor and production hardware processing on-site at partner facilities. Provide input to process planning, support production meetings, and work with supply chain to assure that design requirements are met.
Support Subsystem Integration
Perform technical evaluations on supplier proposals and review supplier data submittals
Respond to Vendor Requests for Information or Change
Evaluation and dispositioning of nonconforming propulsion hardware
Ability to work on a multi-disciplined team performing structural design trades, detailed design/analysis activity and performance and maintenance assessments of operational systems.
Support dynamic test definitions, requirements development, test monitoring, data reduction, and comparison to analysis efforts.
Provide user documentation and recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and design review.
The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:
Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
