Hypersonics AI&T Engineer

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

22h

About The Position

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense Systems is seeking a Hypersonic Systems Assembly, Integration, and Test Engineer to join our team supporting the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) Flight Test Program as part of the Hypersonics Systems Division. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here! Are you ready to make an impact? Share your resume with us today! Primary Responsibilities. The focus of the MACH-TB Program is to develop rapid-cadence, affordable flight-testing capabilities to quickly advance the Technology Readiness Level of our nation’s hypersonic technologies. To that end, and as an integral member of the MACH-TB Team, the successful candidate will develop integration test plans to evaluate various technologies, methods, conditions, etc. The selected candidate will interface directly with program management, military and other government personnel, and a team of multi-discipline design and development engineers, both internal and external, to support the program’s complex and thorough test and evaluation requirements. The candidate must be able to develop test and evaluation strategies utilizing models, simulations, analyses, tests, and demonstrations. A firm understanding of missile system architectures, system interfaces, performance requirements verification and validation techniques is essential for the role. The selected candidate will support presentation of the test plans and related artifacts they have developed to the customer in formal design reviews and evaluation IPTs.

Requirements

Candidate must have 12+ years experience and associated degree in relevant environment OR a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field with 10+ years of experience in assembly, integration and test.
Candidate must have strong technical background in defense systems (or subsystems)
Strong verbal and written skills along with a solid practical knowledge of complex missile or space systems, system integration, and associated testing is required
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership (internal/client) on matters of strategic importance to the organization/project
Capability of performing in a collaborative engineering environment, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams
Organizational skills to document work and interface with team members to ensure flow of information
Candidate must be a resident of North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville – North Alabama area
Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance
Must be able to travel up to 30%

Nice To Haves

A current DOD Top Secret clearance
Experience performing risk management, test planning and/or proposal development
Experience with prototype production efforts
Experience with missile or hypersonic development, flight testing and range safety

Responsibilities

Develop integration test plans to evaluate various technologies, methods, conditions, etc.
Interface directly with program management, military and other government personnel, and a team of multi-discipline design and development engineers, both internal and external, to support the program’s complex and thorough test and evaluation requirements.
Develop test and evaluation strategies utilizing models, simulations, analyses, tests, and demonstrations.
Support presentation of the test plans and related artifacts they have developed to the customer in formal design reviews and evaluation IPTs.