Mechanical/Aerospace System Engineer

BNH•Hyattsville, MD

1d•$87,000 - $147,300•Onsite

About The Position

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical or Aerospace Systems Engineer, supporting TOS II, at Tunnel 9 in Silver Spring, MD. The Systems Engineer will be working as a member of an integrated team responsible for operating and maintaining, as well as supporting tests the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of professional mechanical or aerospace engineering experience.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance and the AEDC local area network.
U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
Active Secret clearance
Hands on mechanical design, maintenance, or operations experience acquired through previous employment, education, or internship
Experience using PTC Creo CAD software
Experience performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA), especially using Ansys software

Responsibilities

Own assigned systems across their full lifecycle, including configuration control, reliability, maintainability, upgrades, and end-of-life planning.
Plan, coordinate, and execute facility and equipment improvement projects, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, procurement support, installation, testing, and closeout.
Develop mechanical designs for components, tooling, fixtures, interface hardware, and modifications needed to support test operations.
Produce, review, and maintain engineering drawing packages, models, bills of material, and release documentation in accordance with configuration-management requirements.
Perform or review thermo-mechanical, structural, and stress analyses to verify component suitability for wind-tunnel operating environments.
Coordinate with operations, technicians, safety, instrumentation, controls, maintenance, and test customers to ensure systems are ready and test requirements are met.
Identify and implement improvements to tunnel performance, availability, operability, and maintainability based on test experience, data, and failure trends.
Develop technical scopes of work and support vendor/manufacturer engagement for repairs, fabrication, and procured equipment.
Ensure engineering changes, maintenance actions, and temporary modifications are documented, reviewed, approved, and communicated appropriately.
Review test requests and facility impacts to determine system readiness, constraints, risks, and required modifications or support.
Communicate clearly and utilize various methods of communication.
Perform other duties as required.