Aeronautical Engineers – Solid Rocket Motors

PGS Worldwide•Elkton, MD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

PGS Worldwide is seeking Aeronautical Engineers – Solid Rocket Motors in Elkton, Maryland for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. These positions will support the design, development, analysis, testing, and production of solid-propellant rocket motor systems for missile, launch vehicle, and space applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of relevant experience; or master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience; or PhD with 1 year of relevant experience.
Experience applying engineering principles to the design and development of aerospace, mechanical, aeronautical, or propulsion systems.
Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Ability to interpret customer requirements and translate them into engineering design requirements.
Experience supporting engineering design, analysis, testing, or product development activities.
Ability to develop or support detailed engineering drawings for component fabrication.
Ability to perform engineering calculations supporting component or system sizing and performance.
U.S. citizenship required.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with rocketry, solid rocket motors, aerospace propulsion systems, missiles, flight vehicles, or energetic systems.
Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
Experience with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and/or Aeronautical Engineering experience.
Strong understanding of engineering design principles.
Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
Knowledge of ASME Y14.5-2009.
Experience with Design for Assembly and Design for Manufacturing (DFA/DFM).
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Active DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as a project engineer supporting solid rocket motor programs.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to meet program milestones and customer requirements.
Work with customers to understand technical requirements and design drivers.
Coordinate multidisciplinary design, optimization, and analysis activities.
Design solid rocket motor assemblies and components with an emphasis on safety, performance, and program requirements.
Perform high-level performance and sizing calculations for rocket motor components and assemblies.
Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company standards, and customer requirements to propulsion-system development.
Support solid-propellant propulsion systems used in launch vehicles, missile systems, and space applications.
Produce detailed engineering drawings supporting component fabrication.
Support analysis and testing activities used to verify and validate designs.