Space Launch Mechanical Engineer
Location
El Segundo, CA | United States
Job description
Description
SAIC is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Principal Space Launch Vehicle Structural/Mechanical Engineer in our Los Angeles Space Force Base in El Segundo, CA to support the Enterprise Mission Assurance Team (EMAT). The EMAT ensures the Space Systems Command (SSC) space vehicles, launch vehicles, and ground control systems built properly to perform reliably over the systems mission life. The EMAT’s mission is to deliver technically superior risk assessments and smart risk mitigation options to assure SSC space systems’ mission success in support of the joint warfighter and the nation. The SSC Engineering Directorate maintains the EMAT to provide an independent assessment of program risks and risk mitigation options to SSC leadership for designated SSC launch vehicles, space vehicles, and ground control systems.
Responsibilities include:
- Support the Structural/Mechanical panel by providing technical assistance around launch vehicle and space vehicle systems.
- Conduct technical evaluation and risk assessments of mechanical hardware, structures, moving mechanical assemblies, thermal control, environmental criteria, materials, mechanical interfaces, and structural/mechanical aspects of hardware in other technical areas such as avionics/electrical and propulsion/ordnance.
- Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) support, including subject matter expertise (SME), in support of EMAT mission areas as directed in SMC-S-16, SMC-G-1201, SMC-G-1202, SMC-G-1203, and SMC-G-1204
- Ensures SSC space vehicles, launch vehicles built properly to perform reliably over mission life.
- Support IPTs in developing draft charts in support of Readiness Reviews described in those guides.
- Perform peer reviews as a member of the technical panel on space vehicles, control segments, and launch vehicles developed by SSC s prime contractors, sub-contractors, and vendors.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree is required and limited to Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, or a Physical Science.
- Minimum 9+ years of hands-on design, build, and test experience in one or more of the following arears: stress, dynamics, thermal analysis of launch vehicles/space vehicles/pressure vessels, mechanism (actuators, valves), composites structures
- Experience conducting technical evaluation and risk assessments in the area of product assurance including quality assurance/manufacturing, reliability, parts/materials/ processes control, contamination/corrosion control, and a comparison of the adequacy of the product for performance and build quality against design disclosure and fleet norms
- Extremely motivated individual who is a self-starter and a team player
- Demonstrated experience in executing tasks in a timely manner
- Demonstrated experience with team leadership, and program/project management
- Demonstrated experience working with Air Force and DoD contractors in a development environment
- Experience writing and delivering technical documents and briefings
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as organizational skill
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams
- Current Secret clearance required
Desired Requirements:
- Prior Air Force SMC program experience
Duty Location:
- Mostly remote will be required to go to El Segundo, CA as required by customer.
Target salary range: $150,001 - $175,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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