Structural Engineer Leader 5
About The Position
This posting is for a position within the ULA Operations engineering team leading a structures focused analysis and design team. As a leader of one of our teams, you will be a responsible for leading the team to execute recurring operations engineering support of the strategic business objectives of the enterprise. You will manage individuals on the team including assignments, priorities, performing performance reviews, merit planning, and promotions. You will also be responsible for the development of individuals on the team in support of their career development plans and in support of building depth and diverse skillsets cross the team. Drive training and resources needed to ensure success for the team. Drive inputs/deliverables from the upstream/downstream customers. Support the team with technical resolutions. Support the team with supplier requirements, analysis efforts, and engineering design support activities in the factory. Coordinate across strength and design enterprise leaders for resource sharing and help needs. Recognize and reward teammates. Generate estimates in support of continuous improvement and strategic improvement projects. Develop Estimates at Cost (EAC) along with other Cost Account Manager (CAM) duties for strength and design focals. Provide regular status to ULA senior leadership. Actively manage risk through proactive mitigation.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related technical field from an accredited college or university.
- At least 8 years of applicable experience
- Knowledge of operations engineering support functions including product certification, non-conformance and material review board activities, and related processes
- Prior experience leading an engineering team, project management, or team lead experience
- Excellent teamwork, programmatic, and communication skills
- Ability to tackle and fix complicated cross-organization challenges and conflicts
- Experience preparing and presenting at engineering reviews (technical decision making reviews, anomaly review boards, etc)
- Experience briefing senior leaders and customers
- Experience developing technical and cost proposals
- Demonstrated ability to share experience, mentor junior engineers, and lead by example
- Demonstrated ability to develop next generation of engineering technical experts in the Decatur factory
- Demonstrated ability to deal with personnel issues to ensure performance and team cohesiveness
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined in ITAR 22 CFR 120.62 (e.g., U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual).
Nice To Haves
- Experience with staffing/hiring/onboarding employees
- Experience working with Space Force or NASA customers
- Detailed knowledge of pressurized metallic structure hardware requirements (design or strength)
- Knowledge of engineering tools such as FEMAP, Abaqus, NASGRO, NASTRAN, Teamcenter, and NX
- Knowledge of primary structure and component level qualification requirements and methods
Responsibilities
- Leading the team to execute recurring operations engineering support of the strategic business objectives of the enterprise
- Managing individuals on the team including assignments, priorities, performing performance reviews, merit planning, and promotions
- Development of individuals on the team in support of their career development plans and in support of building depth and diverse skillsets cross the team
- Drive training and resources needed to ensure success for the team
- Drive inputs/deliverables from the upstream/downstream customers
- Support the team with technical resolutions
- Support the team with supplier requirements, analysis efforts, and engineering design support activities in the factory
- Coordinate across strength and design enterprise leaders for resource sharing and help needs
- Recognizing and rewarding teammates
- Generating estimates in support of continuous improvement and strategic improvement projects
- Developing Estimates at Cost (EAC) along with other Cost Account Manager (CAM) duties for strength and design focals
- Providing regular status to ULA senior leadership
- Actively managing risk through proactive mitigation
Benefits
- 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution
- Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees
- Generous paid time off
- Flexible work environments
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
