Component / Sustainment Engineer

Forterra • Clarksburg, MD

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Forterra is seeking a hands-on Component / Sustainment Engineer to join the Core Product team in Clarksburg, Maryland. The role works with a small engineering team developing autonomous systems for military and commercial vehicles. The engineer sustains products in production and helps ensure efficient builds for upcoming products.

The position focuses on lifecycle and shortage support for PCB/CCA components, component qualification, obsolescence management, engineering libraries, and PLM. It collaborates with Supply Chain and Hardware teams to assess risks, develop mitigation strategies, and evaluate impacts across product lines. The role is on-site in Clarksburg, MD and may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field.
• At least 2 years of applicable experience in an engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with Altium or a comparable ECAD tool to update designs, drawings, and BOMs.
• Experience with PLM and configuration management practices, including ECO/ECN processes.
• Experience with obsolescence management and reporting.
• Working knowledge of memory and storage technologies.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Arena and NetSuite.
• Familiarity with component risk tools such as SiliconExpert, Z2Data, or similar.
• Failure analysis or troubleshooting experience.
• Defense industry or high-reliability experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical point of contact for PCB/CCA component lifecycle and shortage support.
• Identify, validate, and document form-fit-function alternates to resolve shortages, and add them to engineering libraries and PLM.
• Prepare and release technical drawing package updates to address obsolescence and shortages.
• Qualify new components, including eMMC, DDR modules and ICs, and hard drives.
• Review new designs through BOM scrubs, flagging components with known shortages, lifecycle risk, or single-source exposure before release.
• Monitor Product Change Notices (PCNs) and assess their impact on active products.
• Maintain consistency between engineering component libraries and PLM.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Hardware teams to analyze obsolescence risk, develop mitigation strategies, and assess product line impact, including recommending PCB respins or interim solutions.
• Support new product gate reviews for sustainment risks and impacts.
• Track work and maintain documentation in NetSuite, Arena, Jira, and spreadsheets.

Benefits

• Equity is included in most full-time, high-demand roles.
• Three premium healthcare plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for employees and dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance plans fully covered by Forterra, with the option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents.
• Company holiday calendar, including a winter break in December.
• 20 days of paid time off accrued per year.
• At least 7 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birth or adoption.
• $9,000 annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators.
• 401(k) plan with traditional, Roth, and after-tax deferral options, with company match up to 4%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level