Engineer / Principal Engineer Aeronautical

Description

The company's aeronautics systems group is hiring an Aeronautical Engineer or Principal Aeronautical Engineer for its Integrated Production organization.

The role can be based in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA.

The hire may be placed at level 2 or level 3, based on your qualifications.

The opportunity depends on program funding, and start dates are set once funding is confirmed.

A Secret clearance is required before you start.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test and evaluate systems.
• Run trade studies, technical analyses and reports, and write change proposals and other technical documents.
• Take an active part in Agile work, including release planning, sprint planning, scrum meetings and retrospectives.
• Collaborate in integrated teams with systems, software (SW) and specialty engineers to build solutions.
• Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders, explaining approaches and findings clearly.
• Review test plans and procedures that verify requirements, and support integration and testing of complex systems, including triaging and resolving anomalies.
• Resolve interface and functionality problems between SW components and hardware (HW).
• Work with the SW and infrastructure teams to correct or improve capabilities.
• Write subsystem requirements and SRS/HRS specifications using MBSE tools and DOORS.
• Design architectures for complex HW and SW systems, covering requirements traceability and implementation assessment.
• Turn high-level needs into a structured, logical set of integrated requirements that leads to a fielded product.
• Help develop and review interface control documents (ICDs), requirements, the Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), architecture documents and systems engineering estimates, and lead or take part in formal and informal engineering reviews.

Requirements

• Level 2: a bachelor's degree in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) and 2 years of related engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM field.
• Level 3: a bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 5 years of related engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM field and 3 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in a STEM field and 1 year of related engineering experience.
• For both levels: you must be able to obtain, transfer and maintain the final U.S. government Secret clearance and any program access required for the role within a timeframe the company considers reasonable.
• For both levels: you must be able to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR) before you start, within a timeframe the company sets to meet its needs.
• For both levels: you must also be able to obtain and maintain the upgraded SAP/PAR, which is applied once you are in the role.
• Preferred: an active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI.
• Preferred: a current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Preferred: Security+ certification.
• Preferred: experience with Ansible Engine.
• Preferred: experience with the IBM Rational tools (DOORS and ClearQuest).
• Preferred: experience with the Atlassian tools (JIRA, Git and Confluence).
• Preferred: experience with SW test automation tools or frameworks.
• Preferred: experience with Java, C++ or Python.
• Preferred: experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Preferred: experience with MBSE, architecture development, system design and analysis, and metrics development.
• Preferred: experience as a Product Owner.
• Preferred: experience running SW products in virtual environments such as VMware, OpenShift or Kubernetes.

Conditions

This is a full-time, on-site role. Remote, hybrid and telework are not available.

Travel of up to 25% may be required.

Travel is listed at about 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Base pay is $91,800.00 to $137,600.00 at the primary level, or $114,000.00 to $171,000.00 at the secondary level. These ranges are general guidelines. Final offers depend on the scope of the role and on your experience, education, skills and the current market.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date. It may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the number of qualified candidates.

Benefits

• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus, which rewards individual work and shares company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.