Staff Aeronautical Engineer - Test & Evaluation

Description

The company's Aeronautics Systems group is hiring a Staff Aeronautical Engineer for Test and Evaluation to join its team in Rancho Bernardo, CA, with Palmdale, CA as the alternate location.

An active Secret clearance is required to start. Relocation help may be available.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead test engineer on several small-scope efforts.
• Help build the System Test Management Plan.
• Act as subject matter expert for the test work, coordinate testing across all test areas, guide the team through technical problems, and report status.
• Lead design work, plan test and evaluation, and move designs into production when needed, using a deep understanding of the full test lifecycle for hardware and software integration.
• Work with the design and lab architecture teams to integrate new hardware and software in a lab test setup, turning program requirements into lab configurations.
• Build architecture diagrams and products in a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment alongside a skilled engineering team.
• Work with software, systems, program and IPT leaders to gather mission needs, compare candidate architectures, and produce architecture products.
• Split requirements across the elements of an integrated aerospace system.
• Support requirements flow down, management and verification with design teams, and write complex specifications, interface control documents and engineering reports from studies and investigations.
• Give expert support to the program as it matures into later test stages.
• Communicate with external customer technical representatives, internal engineers and program management.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor of Science in a STEM field with 12 years of related professional or military experience including systems work, or a Master's degree with 10 years of such experience, or a PhD with 8 years of such experience.
• Hold an active US Secret government clearance with a background investigation in the past 6 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Be able to obtain and keep Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a timeframe set by business needs.
• Be able to obtain and keep later SAP PARs after you start, so you can fully support the statement of work.
• Have worked as a Work Package Manager or Cost Account Manager (CAM), maintaining work packages and name runs, IMS status and dates, and QSST status, and completing CAM forms such as EVCRs, EACs and VARs.
• Preferred: hold a current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Preferred: hold an active US Top Secret or higher clearance with a background investigation in the past 5 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Preferred: experience in software and network development.
• Preferred: experience with and knowledge of a Systems Engineering Management Plan.
• Preferred: knowledge of native cloud computing foundations and cloud-based environments.
• Preferred: familiarity with building and testing software architectures on modern cloud-based, open architecture platforms.
• Preferred: familiarity with Agile software development methods and processes.
• Preferred: experience with DoDAF and Open Mission Standards.
• Preferred: experience with object-oriented programming, design patterns, JMS, Web Services, XML and related technologies such as XPath, XSLT and XSD.
• Preferred: experience building enterprise solutions for a SOA environment.
• Preferred: strong two-way communication skills, with both upward and downward reach.
• Preferred: strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work with all levels of staff and management.

Conditions

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

Travel of up to 25% of the time may be required.

You will work a 4/10 schedule with every Friday off.

Flexible work arrangements are available.

The base salary range is $177,000.00 to $265,600.00. This is a general guideline; the company weighs scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions when making offers.

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

• Depending on the position, overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus may be available on top of base pay.
• The annual bonus rewards individual contributions and lets you share in 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 for vacation or personal business.
• Learning opportunities, work across a wide range of projects and customers, and a friendly team environment.