Mechanical System Design & Analysis Engineer 4
The Support Equipment Engineer Mechanical Depot Team has an immediate opening for an engineer that will have the responsibilities to lead the F-15SG Depot and F-15SA Offset Depot activities as the prime technical and project contact. Applicants should possess at least 9 years experience with a systems engineering background with emphasis in program definition and execution and includes: supplier management experience, including requirements definition (procurement specifications, Statements of Work), technical data review, technical manual review, development of test procedures/plans, technical proposal evaluation, and site installation and verification. BS and/or MS in Mechanical Engineering degree required. Applicants must possess ability to work in a multidiscipline team and interface with broad range of internal/external customers/suppliers. Applicants must have experience with aircraft mechanical subsystems including maintenance practices. Familiarity with Support Equipment design requirements & Logistics Support Analysis (MIL-STD-1388) process desired. Familiarity with depot level facilities is desired. Ability to oversee a large complex project and to define total requirements and then balance that with day to day execution through ingenuity and creativity is required. Applicants should possess good written & oral communication skills, and the ability to use Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, etc.) in order to prepare and deliver presentations to customers & suppliers. This position requires a self-motivated individual with capability to plan & execute tasks within schedule & budget constraints. Regular Domestic and International travel is required.
Competencies
General• Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions as a project team leader; develops and sustains productive customer relationships as they relate to project team leadership responsibilities; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how project level actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists other project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
• Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
Technical• Design Concepts & Techniques
Extensive knowledge of design concepts and techniques (e.g., concurrent engineering, Design for Manufacture/Assembly [DFM/A]).
• Engineering Analysis
Extensive knowledge of engineering analysis (e.g. mechanical, electrical, avionics, design, circuit, systems, stress, structural, durability).
• Engineering Judgment
Exercises extensive engineering judgment in developing appropriate decisions considering decision criteria, implications, and possible consequences, to ensure product design integrity. Demonstrates understanding of the applicable scientific and engineering knowledge and routinely includes company-wide subject matter experts to obtain good information for the engineering decision-making process.
• Supplier Tech Management
Extensive knowledge of project and supplier techniques (e.g., design reviews, schedule reviews, production readiness) required for the management of the supplier's technical activities (e.g., design, development, test). The ability to develop technical requirements and evaluate supplier performance as related to those requirements. The ability to distinguish between requirements and objectives and to balance between those requirements and the supplier's capabilities and limitations. Capable of working effectively with supplier technical team in assessing product/system issues or designs.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you meet the criteria described in the 'Typical Education / Experience' section of this requisition?
Do you have experience interfacing with suppliers?
Typical Education/Experience
Degree and typical experience in engineering classification: Bachelor's and 9 or more years' experience, Master's with 7 or more years' experience or PhD with 4 or more years' experience. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Other Job related information
A general knowledge of aircraft systems and general airframe design is required. This experience would preferably be in the area of support equipment, but experience designing and systems requirements for aircraft or training equipment in related mechanical areas is acceptable. This individual must have experience evaluating supplier bids, coordinating supplier deliveries, trouble-shooting supplier performance issues, and working directly with suppliers to manufacture support equipment or related aircraft and training equipment. This individual must possess above average oral and written communication skills. Excellent people skills are required to work effectively in a multi-disciplined team environment interfacing with other engineering, logistics and planning representatives, supplier managers and procurement, suppliers, and the customer. This individual should have experience with production planning and general production shop manufacturing techniques. This individual should have skills in developing man-hour estimates, lead-time estimates, manpower forecasting, and budget management. This individual should have good personnel management skills and capable of independent work. In addition, presentation experience and skills will be required to effectively communicate information. This job requires a self-motivated individual with capability to plan and execute tasks and manage the projects within time and budget constraints utilizing analytic methods.
- Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
- Division Global Services & Support
- Program Integrated Logistics
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Career/Experienced
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 02/22/2012
