The Energetics Engineering team in the Mechanical and Energetics Department is hiring for a Propulsion Engineer : Level 2/3 located in Chandler, Arizona.
Essential Functions:
- Perform analysis, design, and test of one or more moderately complex ordnance, pneumatics, and motor components
- Analyze requirements for materials, structural components, or functional systems
- Select applicable analytical data from previous products, determine the technical principles involved, mathematically define the problem and compute the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs, and requirements of other portions of the product
- Develop original ideas and elaborate on preliminary design concepts, evaluate completed design with other technical groups, and make modification necessary to achieve the most ideal design
- Develop component drawings and specifications to procure, test and validate components for flight in accordance with engineering design standards
- Interface with the various internal, and external program customers and suppliers to provide optimized solutions from the various constraining parameters ensuring engineering requirements are met and component procurements meet program needs
- Perform complex engineering design, development and analysis of propulsion components and systems
- Conduct trade studies and evaluate alternative designs
- Anticipate customer needs and find innovative ways to provide for those needs
- Originate and develop constructive ideas to consistently look for ways to modify or change existing methods or processes to improve outcomes
- Identify options to solve problems and find the optimal solution by consider cost, technical and schedule impacts
- Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers
Basic Qualifications for Level 2:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 0 years of related engineering experience
- Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Security clearance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to large customer community
- Ability to solve problems, lead troubleshooting efforts, drive tasks to completion
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and juggle multiple concurrent projects and priorities
- Ability to travel 10%
Basic Qualifications for Level 3:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 1 year of related engineering experience
- Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Security clearance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to large customer community
- Ability to solve problems, lead troubleshooting efforts, drive tasks to completion
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and juggle multiple concurrent projects and priorities
- Ability to travel 10%
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
- Product development experience
- Ordnance, pneumatic, or motor testing experience
- Configuration change management experience
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 2 years of related engineering experience for Level 2, or a master's degree in STEM with no related experience
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience for Level 3, or a master's degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year
- Ability to obtain a US Government Secret security clearance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to large customer communities
- Ability to solve problems, lead troubleshooting efforts, and drive tasks to completion
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities
- Ability to travel 10% of the time
- US citizenship for positions requiring government clearance
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- Product development experience
- Ordnance, pneumatic, or motor testing experience
- Configuration change management experience
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