Mechanical Engineer

Torch Technologies, Inc.•Eglin AFB, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Torch Technologies is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support the Air Vehicle team within the System Program Office (SPO). As a Mechanical Engineer, your duties will include reviewing and providing engineering recommendations on vendor's change notices, short-term and long-term corrective actions, and design changes to ensure they meet or improve system performance and requirements. You will also review and provide technical recommendations for contractor deliverables, perform independent assessments of vendor analyses, models, and tests for airworthiness, system integration, and design verification events, and assess Technical Data Package (TDP) non-conformances. Your role will involve determining and characterizing impacts or risks to airworthiness, safety, test objectives, system functionality, or performance, and determining appropriate verification methods with the vendor for system and subsystem performance specifications. You will provide engineering rationale for verification methods, data collection, and fulfillment of requirement(s) during Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and System Verification Review (SVR). Effective communication through written, verbal, and presentation methods is essential, as is managing tasks and collaborating with multiple teams, organizations, and stakeholders for engineering dispositions and joint-test activities. You will communicate concerns, risks, and engineering recommendations to leadership for successful disposition of engineering products and on-time execution of program schedule. Additionally, you will support the Air Vehicle IPT at program office Risk Management Board, Configuration Control Board, CDRL Review Board, Variance Review Board, and other meetings as needed.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or equivalent discipline.
At least 3 years in mechanical engineering experience or equivalent.
Active SECRET DoW security clearance.
Eligible for a TOP SECRET clearance.
Must possess a current Secret security clearance in order to access classified information.
Inability to maintain a security clearance at the required level will result in a candidate being ineligible for this position.

Nice To Haves

Design or manufacturing experience.
System and subsystem qualification analysis and test experience.
Thermal engineering experience.
Program office experience.

Responsibilities

Review and provide engineering recommendations on vendor’s change notices, short-term and long-term corrective actions, and design changes.
Ensures design changes met or improve system performance and requirements.
Review and provide technical recommendations for contractor deliverables (e.g. request for variances, test plans, test reports).
Perform independent assessment of vendor’s analyses, models, and test for airworthiness, system integration, and design verification events.
Assess Technical Data Package (TDP) non-conformances.
Determine and characterize impacts or risk to airworthiness, safety, test objectives, system functionality or performance.
Determine appropriate verification methods, with vendor, for system and subsystem performance specifications.
Provide engineering rationale for verification methods, data collection, and fulfillment of requirement(s) during Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and System Verification Review (SVR).
Communicate effectively through written, verbal, and presentation methods.
Manage tasks and effectively collaborate with multiple teams, organizations, and stakeholders for engineering dispositions and joint-test activities.
Communicate concerns, risks, and engineering recommendations to leadership for successful disposition of engineering products and on-time execution of program schedule.
Support Air Vehicle IPT at program office Risk Management Board, Configuration Control Board, CDRL Review Board, Variance Review Board, and other meetings as needed.