Mechanical Design Chief Engineer, Space Exploration Applications

Amentum•Houston, TX

55d

About The Position

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Design Chief Engineer, Space Exploration Applications to join the team! We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. The Mechanical Design Chief Engineer, Space Exploration Applications will: Report directly to the Design and Analysis Group Manager. The position is responsible for the direct technical oversight of approximately 100 people involved in various aspects of Mechanical System Development across and in support of several NASA Engineering Divisions. Perform routine mechanical design reviews for cost, schedule, risk management, and deliverable adherence. Conduct oversight, mentorship and guidance to individual mechanical design task leads. Work with mechanical design task leads to track and maintain efficient task performance. Maintain an active list of lessons learned to actively inform design engineers. Lead team to conduct troubleshooting, fault tree development and provide technical resolution for anomalies in mechanical systems. Maintain active related risk management (technical, cost, and schedule) on all associated mechanical tasks. Communicate design status to senior management. Work with colleagues to coordinate issue resolution across multiple NASA JSC and JETS contract organizations which could include source limitations, technical challenges, process breakdowns, etc. Establish a framework and oversight for technical correctness on all work performed by the design section. Conduct design reviews to monitor technical correctness, design project health, and progress. Understand and be capable of generating comprehensive design concepts based on a given set of requirements. Work with engineers to provide hands-on approach in the hardware design, build and test/verification process. Provide rough orders of magnitude (ROM's) and basis of estimates (BOE's) for project and tasks. Provide quick technical and administrative response to projects, removing roadblocks to ensure project success and customer satisfaction. Work as a Project Technical Design Lead as required to supplement or replace current design lead function. Review, develop or update Mechanical Design and Development processes as required. Develop succession plan mentoring future Chief Engineers and Technical Design Leads. Develop technical training modules as required. Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience.
Minimum of 5 years' experience with NASA/JSC Mechanical flight intravehicular and extravehicular hardware development processes.
Prior experience using solid modeling CAD software including PTC CREO, Pro Engineering or Solidworks.
Experience with ASME Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standards
Experience with ASME Y14.100 Engineering Drawing Practices Standards
Experience with tolerance stack up analysis.
Familiarity with mechanisms design.
Familiarity with electronics packaging and cabling.
Prior experience with down and in mechanical component design (including large structures, mechanisms, electronics packaging, fluid systems etc.)
Previous project or technical team/task management experience required
Familiarity with NASA Work Instruction EA-023, JSC Policy Directive 7120 (Class 1E), along with flight hardware certification and other flight hardware processes.
Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills with the ability to work in a team environment and a history of effectively interacting with senior managers at all levels.
Experience planning and establishing work priorities.
Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice To Haves

BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
Familiarization with JSC Engineering Drawing System Manual (JPR 8500).
Familiarization with JSC Fabrication Tolerances and Practices (SKZ36103755).
Familiarity with mechanical design for EMI/EMC and electrical bonding methods.
Familiarity with mechanical design for fluid and pressure systems.
Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) programs.
Prior experience with CREO simulation tools.
Prior experience with add-on CREO Tools such as DFM Pro, CETOL, EZTOL or MBDVidia
Prior experience in NASA payload system mechanical design
Understanding of surface finishes and material selection.
Exposure to Model Based Design methods and software tools
Exposure to Pro/CABLING.
Prior experience with a wide range of technical approaches and theory for the associated design discipline.

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Design and Analysis Group Manager.
The position is responsible for the direct technical oversight of approximately 100 people involved in various aspects of Mechanical System Development across and in support of several NASA Engineering Divisions.
Perform routine mechanical design reviews for cost, schedule, risk management, and deliverable adherence.
Conduct oversight, mentorship and guidance to individual mechanical design task leads.
Work with mechanical design task leads to track and maintain efficient task performance.
Maintain an active list of lessons learned to actively inform design engineers.
Lead team to conduct troubleshooting, fault tree development and provide technical resolution for anomalies in mechanical systems.
Maintain active related risk management (technical, cost, and schedule) on all associated mechanical tasks.
Communicate design status to senior management.
Work with colleagues to coordinate issue resolution across multiple NASA JSC and JETS contract organizations which could include source limitations, technical challenges, process breakdowns, etc.
Establish a framework and oversight for technical correctness on all work performed by the design section.
Conduct design reviews to monitor technical correctness, design project health, and progress.
Understand and be capable of generating comprehensive design concepts based on a given set of requirements.
Work with engineers to provide hands-on approach in the hardware design, build and test/verification process.
Provide rough orders of magnitude (ROM's) and basis of estimates (BOE's) for project and tasks.
Provide quick technical and administrative response to projects, removing roadblocks to ensure project success and customer satisfaction.
Work as a Project Technical Design Lead as required to supplement or replace current design lead function.
Review, develop or update Mechanical Design and Development processes as required.
Develop succession plan mentoring future Chief Engineers and Technical Design Leads.
Develop technical training modules as required.
Perform other duties as required.