Overview

Provides engineering support to the project team leader, project engineer, or another development engineer to develop, qualify, and produce contracted hardware, support independent research and development efforts, and support bid and proposal activities. Serves as technical liaison with manufacturing, quality assurance, test, and other engineering disciplines. Provides engineering support and review of engineering drawings, engineering analyses, test plans, and fabrication and assembly procedures. This relates to gas generators, inflation systems, pressurization systems, and guidance systems.

Major Position Responsibilities

• Performs work that involves conventional types of company designs, investigations, analyses, or hardware, for which there are company precedents to the solution.
• Assignments will generally include one or more of the following: cognizance of hardware design, analysis, test, or manufacture, preparation of plans and specifications, trade-off study, development problem investigations, report preparation, presentations, proposal write-ups, and other activities of limited scope requiring knowledge of principles and techniques commonly employed in the specific area of assignments.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications for the solution to specific engineering problems. Assignments have clear and specified objectives and require the investigation of a limited number of variables.
• Works closely with the other functional organizations to establish priorities and expedite the design, manufacture and test of company products.
• Prepares detailed development; qualification and production plans for end-items, devices, components, modules, subsystems and systems under the direction and approval of supervisor. Assists in assuring plans are carried out. Provides changes as necessary and determines revised approaches when needed. Other duties as assigned.
• Supports project engineer by providing primary technical liaison with other engineering disciplines, manufacturing, inspection, procurement, and test to assure proper development support of the fundamental engineering.
• Performs trade studies, parametric analyses, and system modeling under the close direction of the project engineer or project engineer.
• Independently utilizes test data to calculate performance of end-items being evaluated. Effectively troubleshoots the data to remove instrumentation anomalies, data sensing difficulties, and test deviations.
• Recognizes discrepancies in analysis, hardware, or test results, prepares error analyses, and independently takes corrective action.
• Conducts formal investigation of failures of parts. Contributes to component, end item or system level failure investigations.
• Independently analyzes engineering problems involving standard application of one or more of the following: fluid flow, heat transfer, stress, dynamics, thermodynamics, thermo-chemical analyses.
• Supports the project engineer or project team leader as required in coordinating and directing the overall technical program by preparing EWRs, memoranda and reports that identify customer and program requirements and goals and that provide specific technical detail and direction to accomplish these goals.
• Coordinates the review and approval of engineering drawings and design layouts.
• Prepares write-ups for analysis reports, test reports, progress reports, letters and proposals (including ECPs). Reports generally requires supervisor's review and approval.
• Makes presentations to customers and/or company personnel on contracted programs summarizing status and results. Prepares charts under direction of project team leader or project engineer.
• Reviews and analyzes the program work statement and customer specifications and recommends actions to be taken by the project team leader or project engineer. This encompasses baseline documents and change documents.
• Provides technical support to customers and suppliers regarding company technology.
• Performs all other program technical support activities required by the project team leader or project engineer.
• Maintains a well-organized, neat and safe work area. Immediately terminates any unsafe activities and advises the EH&S contact of the same.
• Demonstrates and promotes teamwork and cooperation with team members at all levels in the organization to solve problems and improve processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Working understanding of basic engineering principles, theories, and concepts, with a working understanding of thermal and structural engineering concepts.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications for the solution to specific engineering problems.
• Demonstrated technical skill and problem solving skills.
• Requires good presentation skills and interpretation skills.
• Ability to oversee other functional areas in the accomplishment of hardware, planning and test tasks.
• Possessing or able to quickly learn necessary analytical skills to conduct simple performance analysis to support parametric analysis of designs.
• Able to critically evaluate test data results and formulate recommendations for test system or hardware design.
• Ability to work with other functional areas to produce hardware and perform tests.
• Ability to translate general customer requirements into products, specific requirements and program elements.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced independent atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in the English language.
• Computer proficiency (MS Office applications - Excel, Project, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) in support of analytical efforts.
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel in an efficient and effective manner.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Aeronautical or Chemical engineering. At least one (1) years of related experience. Advanced degree may substitute for some or all experience requirements.

Pay Range (USD)

$80,891.44 - $121,337.16

Additional Compensation

Hired applicant may be eligible to participate in the Company’s Gain Sharing Program.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and basic life insurance as well as pre-tax spending accounts. Employees are also able to enroll in the company's 401k plan and are eligible for the Non-Contributory Retirement Contribution. In addition to the benefits discussed above, the company offers the following voluntary benefits: Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Identify Theft Protection, Enhanced Legal Services, Auto and Home Insurance, Pet Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Educational Assistance.

PTO, Holiday, and Family Leave

Employees will receive 11 paid holidays and 120 hours of PTO annually and up to 3 weeks paid family leave.