Principal / Sr Principal Product Support Engineer

Description

Relocation assistance may be available for this role. You will need a Secret clearance before you start, and the role involves travel about 25% of the time.

The team sits in the Research and Advanced Design group of the aeronautics systems business, acting as the early design engine. It takes concepts from early sketches and rapid prototyping through to demonstrations, covering next-generation aircraft, collaborative autonomous platforms, survivability, autonomy and battle management.

The role is onsite in El Segundo or San Diego, California, and is offered at either Principal (level 3) or Sr. Principal (level 4).

As product support engineer, you will work with leadership to make sure lifecycle development and logistics work meets the statement of work, stays within budget and schedule, and satisfies closure criteria. You may lead internal and external teammates and suppliers to hit program performance, cost, schedule and quality goals alongside the program team.

You will be the technical authority for supportability engineering and make sure design for supportability is built into future aircraft concepts. You will weigh design options for supportability against top-level mission requirements, and guide requirements, hardware and software design, verification and validation work.

Responsibilities

• You will oversee all technical product support activities.
• You will apply a rigorous systems engineering approach to support aircraft design and proposal work.
• You will bring working knowledge of aircraft systems, including the air vehicle, mission computing, communications and sensors.
• You will bring working knowledge of logistics disciplines: supportability, reliability, maintainability, testability, modeling and simulation, provisioning, and supply support including spares and repairs.
• You will handle a fast pace, high expectations, varied assignments and collaborative work with people at every level.
• You will need strong written, verbal and presentation skills, and a track record of building and keeping strong customer relationships.

Requirements

• Principal (level 3): a bachelor's degree in a STEM field plus 5 years of related professional or military experience, or a master's in STEM plus 3 years, or a STEM PhD plus 1 year.
• Sr. Principal (level 4): a bachelor's degree in STEM plus 8 years, or a master's in STEM plus 6 years, or a STEM PhD plus 4 years of related professional or military experience.
• You must hold an active US Government Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation in the last 6 years or enrolment in Continuous Evaluation.
• You must be able to obtain and keep Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a timeframe set by business needs.
• You must have experience in the integrated logistics elements: reliability and maintainability, prognostic health management, modeling and simulation, obsolescence management, fleet and field support, support equipment engineering, logistics support analysis, supportable low observables, support hardware, and/or technical publications and training.
• You must have supportability engineering experience, such as reliability and maintainability, DMSMS, prognostics and health management, and/or fleet operational and sparing modeling.
• You must have experience in proposals and capture work for product support.
• You must be willing and able to travel up to 25%.
• Preferred: experience on product support work for development and/or sustainment programs.
• Preferred: previous US military service, with an operations and/or aircraft maintenance background.
• Preferred: experience in competitive capture proposals for product support.
• Preferred: strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint.
• Preferred: strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

Conditions

The role is onsite in El Segundo or San Diego, California.

Travel is up to 25%.

A Secret clearance is required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

The primary level salary range is $114,000.00 to $213,400.00. A secondary level range of $0.00 to $0.00 is also listed.

The range is a general guide. Base pay depends on the scope of the role, your experience, education and skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• You may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.