Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer

ResourceTek

Huntsville, Alabama
1 day ago

Highlights

Responsibilities include mechanical design, technology research, interface definition, trade studies including component selection, CAD modeling and documentation, planning required tasks, leading and mentoring a diverse team, and leading integration efforts to support milestone reviews. Ensure mechanical design quality and integrity as designs evolve by reviewing changes, synchronizing changes with impacted internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring configuration control of the technical baseline.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Huntsville, Alabama
Industry	Staffing/Employment Agencies
Company Size	100 to 499 employees
Year Founded	2000

Description

In support of our client, a defense technology company, we are seeking a Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer – Missile Systems for their Huntsville, AL location. The right candidate will have extensive experience leading and conducting missile trade studies, missile system development and design, missile systems requirements development and management, and missile system integration and test. This is a direct hire opportunity.

JOB SUMMARY
This position will work across a broad range of disciplines with an emphasis on product development, analysis and testing, and system integration. Responsibilities include mechanical design, technology research, interface definition, trade studies including component selection, CAD modeling and documentation, planning required tasks, leading and mentoring a diverse team, and leading integration efforts to support milestone reviews.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Represent Company and program interests with senior customer counterparts, internal senior program management and engineering leadership
Direct and lead a diverse team of multi-disciplined engineers in support of missile development
Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Provide mentoring, guidance and direction to junior engineers from conceptual design through release of technical data package
Design, test, and/or integration of mechanical components, mechanical ground support equipment (EGSE), subsystems, or system-of-systems
Perform, oversee, and coordinate all aspects of kinetic system mechanical design
Ensure quality of mechanical designs and implementation
Support trade studies to evaluate alternative design solutions to resolve technical issues
Ensure mechanical design quality and integrity as designs evolve by reviewing changes, synchronizing changes with impacted internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring configuration control of the technical baseline.
Identify risks and opportunities associated with or driven by design requirements and mitigate to reduce risk or realize opportunities.
Develop and mature mechanical system designs that meet weapon system requirements, standards and regulations.
Technically engage with major subcontractors and partners to ensure product deliverables
Lead internal design reviews, and support major customer reviews
Assist with program schedule creation and hardware development planning
Develop engineering labor and material estimates
Support manufacturing engineers in the development of factory layouts, product workflow planning and material handling equipment selection and design

QUALIFICATIONS

You must be a US citizen
You must have a Secret level security clearance.
Have a B.S. with 15+ years of prior relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
Prior experience with leading and conducting missile trade studies, missile system development and design, missile systems requirements development and management, and missile system integration and test
Experience leading and executing the design and development of complex system architectures
Demonstrated experience across the product lifecycle, including concept development, architecture, design, integration, verification, and production
Experience developing effective internal and external customer relationships to ensure customer satisfaction and continued business
Experience managing resources with multi-million-dollar annual budgets
Direct experience with Engineering Risks and Opportunities (R&O) Management
Demonstrated mechanical component design experience employing industry best practices
Experience with environmental testing, i.e., shock, vibration, temperature/altitude, environmental stress screening (ESS)
Experience implementing and interpreting geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
Are willing and able to travel to attend meetings or tests at other government and contractor sites.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
Prior missile airframe design experience, with emphasis on balancing system level size, weight, and power
Experience with flight vehicle physics and dynamics
Proficiency in Technical Data Package (TDP) release processes and maintenance using Windchill
Knowledge of manufacturing and manufacturing processes
Design verification test planning and fixture design or field-testing experience

Company offers a variety of benefits packages, flexible paid leave, a robust 401(k) matching plan, and more. Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Company

RESOURCETEK , LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc. (BWSC), a Tennessee corporation based in Nashville, Tennessee with offices in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Tri-Cities, Oak Ridge, Memphis, TN and Huntsville, AL and other locations in Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio.

RESOURCETEK provides technical staff augmentation support services in the areas of Engineering, Design, Maintenance, Construction and Information Technology to our partner clients in industry and government. We offer a complete range of technical staffing services from contract staff augmentation to recruitment of full time employees. We maintain a dedicated team consisting of staff and contract technical personnel utilizing the most effective strategies and the latest technology to achieve our commitments.