Space Vehicle Engineering Specialist / Senior Project Engineer

The Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) sits at the center of the ideas and data behind current and future systems supplying innovative research and development; technical evaluations during the acquisition process; conceptual and detailed design; assembly integration and test; and operational support. Comprised primarily of highlytrained mechanical and aerospace engineers VSD provides national expertise in the areas of vehicle engineering; guidance navigation and controls; robotics; electromechanical devices; embedded systems; fluid mechanics; propulsion; thermal control; orbital mechanics; mechanisms; structures; structural dynamics; and dynamic environments.

The Vehicle Engineering and Integration Department (VEID) is part of the Vehicle Systems Division the premier satellite and launch vehicle technical organization within the Aerospace Vehicle Engineering & Integration team is seeking a candidate to take on the role of Space Vehicle Engineering Specialist/ Senior Project Engineer MultiDisciplinary Engineering. The candidate should have outstanding technical skills as a Space Vehicle (SV) generalist and project manager. You will work alongside team members from the Vehicle Systems and Vehicle AI&T sections responsible for Assembly Integration and Test (AI&T) for multiple spacecraft programs project management generalist Vehicle Systems engineering and Interdisciplinary studies.

This role will be a forward deployed position on a space vehicle acquisition program as a bus lead in all phases of development and execution. In this position you will act as technical authority lead interfaces between customers contractors and Aerospace technical staff.

Work Model

This is a fulltime position based in El Segundo CA which requires 100% onsite work.

What Youll Be Doing

• Provide space vehicle and subsystems engineering support to Space Vehicle programs in AI&T project management and generalist space vehicle and subsystems engineering

• Oversee multidisciplinary system level acquisition design manufacture integration and test activities for space vehicles and vehicle interfaces to launch vehicle and ground

• Provide technical leadership in identifying mitigating and solving applicable space vehicle and subsystem risks and issues

• Leading and coordinating multidisciplinary ETG technical teams to participate in internal research and development and technology transition projects in support of national security space customers

• Develop and maintain strong effective working relationships with internal and external customers and contractor counterparts

• Generate and deliver written reports risk assessments recommendations and presentations to the customer and Aerospace management

• Assist the Vehicle Engineering management team with business development efforts and growth of the customer base

• Identifies interdisciplinary projects with a strong VSD slant from customer / program office connections brings in the work develops the team and executes all phases of the projects

• Identify new customers focus areas and develop new crossdivisional Aerospace partnerships

• Participate in matrixed program office support as needed

• Working with Department leadership in areas of strategy focus and business development

• Mentoring department staff members and brings in tasks / projects beyond personal activities from internal and external resources

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements for the Space Vehicle Engineering Specialist MultiDisciplinary Engineering include:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field is required

• Minimum of (8) years of experience in one or more of the following areas: mechanical design and analysis design for manufacturing opticalmechanical systems environmental testing propulsion mechanisms guidance and controls thermal engineering structuresis required

• Conduct detailed technical analyses and apply knowledge independently with minimal guidance

• Ability to communicate effectively and develop relationships with customers Aerospace and contractor personnel

• Skilled in assembling and leading multidisciplinary team members and working across departments divisions and customers.

• Demonstration of progressively increasing responsibilities in work assignments / projects

• Willingness to occasionally travel and to work offbusiness hours to support customer needs approximately 10% (as )

• A current and active Top Secret/SCI security clearance issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is to obtain a security clearance

In addition to the above the minimum requirements for the Space Vehicle Senior Project Engineer MultiDisciplinary Engineering):