Mid-Career Propulsion Engineer

Lockheed Martin•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Come join our team as our next Propulsion Engineer! In this role you will support the engineering team by conducting on-site integration including design, development, manufacturing, test, and integration for flight as well as ground systems. Your duties will include responsibility for subcontractor interface, design, manufacture, procurement and test for propulsion system components and assemblies. This job requires coordinating with customers, suppliers, test facilities, and other related fields including manufacturing, subcontracts, quality, structure design, analysis, systems engineering, and integration with affected subsystems and facilities. Other duties may include, Participate in shop floor and production hardware processing on-site at partner facilities. Provide input to address nonconforming hardware, process planning, support production meetings, and work with supply chain to assure that design requirements are met. Support Subsystem Integration Assist on the conceptual development, requirements definition, and design of propulsion components Perform trade studies to select the appropriate design solution Develop product performance specifications, statements of work, and supplier data requirements for components Evaluation and dispositioning of MRB items for boost rocket motor components Ability to work on a multi-disciplined team performing structural design trades, detailed design/analysis activity and performance and maintenance assessments of operational systems. Support dynamic test definitions, requirements development, test monitoring, data reduction, and comparison to analysis efforts. Provide user documentation and recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and design review.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, or equivalent
Prior experience with testing hardware and systems
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of solid rocket motor system design, development, manufacture, test, and/or data acquisition and analysis
Hands-on hardware experience
Prior integration of complex systems
Advanced degree in technical field
Existing DoD security clearance (Secret or Top Secret)

Responsibilities

Conduct on-site integration including design, development, manufacturing, test, and integration for flight as well as ground systems.
Responsibility for subcontractor interface, design, manufacture, procurement and test for propulsion system components and assemblies.
Coordinating with customers, suppliers, test facilities, and other related fields including manufacturing, subcontracts, quality, structure design, analysis, systems engineering, and integration with affected subsystems and facilities.
Participate in shop floor and production hardware processing on-site at partner facilities.
Provide input to address nonconforming hardware, process planning, support production meetings, and work with supply chain to assure that design requirements are met.
Support Subsystem Integration
Assist on the conceptual development, requirements definition, and design of propulsion components
Perform trade studies to select the appropriate design solution
Develop product performance specifications, statements of work, and supplier data requirements for components
Evaluation and dispositioning of MRB items for boost rocket motor components
Ability to work on a multi-disciplined team performing structural design trades, detailed design/analysis activity and performance and maintenance assessments of operational systems.
Support dynamic test definitions, requirements development, test monitoring, data reduction, and comparison to analysis efforts.
Provide user documentation and recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and design review.