Project Design Engineer

Moog Inc.•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$120,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Moog’s Space and Defense Group is seeking a Project Design Engineer to provide engineering and project leadership for Structures and Motion Control projects in the Bay Area. The role focuses on the conceptual design, development, analysis, production, and testing of structures and motion-control hardware for military, commercial, and NASA vehicles and equipment. The engineer may work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary design and development team, maintaining defined budget and schedule milestones. The Project Design Engineer coordinates technicians, designers, analysts, manufacturing and test engineers, and other contributors. The position also requires facilitative leadership with program management, quality engineering, and operations, along with effective technical coordination and communication. The role reports to the Site Engineering Manager according to the position overview (the listing’s reporting field says Manager, Engineering) and has a hybrid schedule in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale, California area. The work schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline.
Five years of relevant engineering experience.
Demonstrated experience in the design, analysis, development, and production of precision mechanical hardware.
Experience with mechanism and component design, development, and verification testing.
Ability to communicate technical and programmatic information effectively to peers, management, and customers.
Ability to manage time and competing priorities among multiple stakeholders.
Ability to access technology, software, or technical data subject to U.S. export controls and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

Nice To Haves

Experience with solid modeling tools such as SolidWorks or NX.
Experience with Teamcenter or other Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools.
Engineering experience on DoD and/or aerospace industry development projects.

Responsibilities

Provide project leadership and oversight of technical, cost, and schedule performance for assigned programs.
Serve as lead engineer and primary technical point of contact for the customer.
Validate conceptual solutions by conducting trade studies and analyses.
Document designs, analyses, and test results in accurate, concise reports.
Set direction for technical teams and coordinate and support production, assembly, integration, and testing to help ensure product delivery schedule and quality.
Support proposal development and costing for business-unit bids and proposals.
Coordinate the work of technicians, designers, analysts, manufacturing/test engineers, and other contributors.
Provide facilitative leadership with program management, quality engineering, and operations.