Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer – Space Systems

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Our client, a spacecraft development and support company is currently seeking a Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer – Space Systems to join their team in Greenbelt, MD.

Role/Responsibilities:

A Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer requires expertise in a variety of disciplines including structures, analyses, mechanisms, and modeling methods such as finite element modeling. S/He must be capable of organizing and coordinating task level efforts including those tasks that require an interface with other engineering disciplines. The Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer initiates, develops, and documents analyses of structures, mechanisms, and devices for spaceflight use, reviews and comments on NASTRAN analyses capable of being integrated into other programs as specified, determines loads in structural members, and predicts natural frequencies and margins of safety. Methods and specifications for mechanical systems design, test, and fabrication must be well understood.

The Senior Space Mechanical Systems Engineer duties include:

  • Providing engineering support to complex and/or technologically challenging mechanical, thermal and system issues.
  • Providing guidance to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) during project implementation.
  • Conducting technology assessments and making recommendations for technology insertions.
  • Generating requirements, specifications, ICDs, analyses, and test plans.
  • Reviewing documentation, attending reviews, resolving issues, and reporting results.
  • Making trade study assessments and recommendations.
  • Supporting CDR, PDR, and other program reviews, and reviewing deliverables.
  • Providing technical consultation advice to project managers regarding design issues, development and test approaches, and test result assessments.
  • Leading teams established by the project manager to conduct investigations of programmatic or technical problems and to make recommendations for recovery plans.

Qualifications:

  • This position requires a Bachelor of Science degree, or equivalent education and experience, in Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Mathematics from an accredited institution.
  • The candidate must have 15 or more years of spacecraft design and development experience including at least 10 years of experience developing and analyzing system requirements, developing functional performance requirements, and allocating those requirements to the system elements.
  • The candidate must have a solid understanding of space hardware, mechanical and electrical systems design, especially in the areas of statics, dynamics, mass, and thermal management.
  • The candidate must be able to review and understand detailed mechanical designs and analysis.
  • The candidate must have experience in the analyses of mechanical systems resulting in performance/weight/cost trade-off options.
  • The candidate must have strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
  • The candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills and be able to work with a diverse group of contractor and Government.
  • The candidate must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • The candidate should also be very adaptable to change.
  • The candidate must meet government NAC and US citizenship/work permit requirements for access to NASA GSFC. Adherence to Nondisclosure Agreement(s) for review of contractor proprietary information will be required.
  • Eligible for a US DOD Secret clearance with an existing Top Secret desirable.

We thank all those who apply however, only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.  Please send applications to [email protected] and quote job ref# IMSMSE160929.