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Senior Structural Project Engineer

    Highlights

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDallastown, PA
    IndustryAerospace and Defense
    Company Size1,500 to 1,999 employees
    Websitehttp://www.kratosdefense.com/

    Description

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    KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

    • Possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the assigned duties, including computer skills.
    • Maintain sensitive and confidential information as required by company and government requirements.
    • Communicate and interact effectively with peers, supervisors, and the public, including maintaining respect for others, and following company policies.
    • Have a willingness and ability to learn and utilize company technology for company required purposes, including, for example training, reviewing, and signing policies and procedures, benefits enrollment, and changes, and more.
    • Ability to read, understand, and follow instructions.
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
    • Ability to maintain knowledge, skills, and abilities as it pertains to your job.
    • Ability to maintain security clearance.

    EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

    Education: B.S. Civil Engineering degree required. P.E. license required.

    Experience: 6+ years professional engineering experience.

    Technical Skills: Experience with Structural Analysis Software, (e.g., RISA)

    WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

    Office environment.

    Ability to stand and sit for long periods of time.

    Ability to perform repetitive motion (keyboarding, 10-key, phones).

    Ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

    Ability to follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

    TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Yes, as required

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    • Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
    • 401(k) Savings Plan
    • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
    • Paid Time-Off (PTO)
    • Holidays
    • Education Reimbursement

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    Kratos C5ISR designs, engineers, and manufactures advanced mission-critical technologies for defense, intelligence, and national security customers. These are innovative solutions that enhance situational awareness, strengthen decision-making, and support those on the front lines. Our teams develop and deliver specialty mobility systems, electromagnetic interference (EMI)-shielded shelter platforms, missile launcher and transporter systems, and related ground support hardware. These highly engineered solutions support C5ISR applications, missile defense and radar systems, unmanned vehicle platforms, command and control programs, SATCOM systems, shipboard systems, directed energy weapons, and strategic deterrence. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth in a mission-driven environment. Join us and help shape the future of national security.

    GENERAL JOB SUMMARY:

    The Senior Structural Project Engineer works as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the structural portion of a design by reviewing and implementing structural designs that meet cost and schedule objectives and customer requirements.

    ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

    • Review structural designs for compliance with the Unified Facilities Code (UFC), International Building Code (IBC), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE.)
    • Designs structural systems to account for transport, live, and seismic loads.
    • Collaborates with designers and analysts to perform design trade studies and determine structural design solutions.
    • Reviews design and construction methodology against that of a typical facility structural steel design.
    • Serve as the Engineer of Record (EOR) for the structural design.

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    About Company

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) is a specialized Technology Company providing mission critical products, solutions and services for United States National Security. Kratos' core capabilities are sophisticated engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for National Security platforms and programs. Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems, satellite communications, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, hypersonic systems, directed and high power energy systems, electromagnetic railgun, missile defense, cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance, and critical infrastructure security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of approximately 3,100. Substantially all of Kratos' work is performed on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical infrastructure location.

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