Staff Product Support Engineer

Description

The company's Aeronautics Systems Research and Advanced Design group is hiring a Staff Product Support Engineer. The group designs future aircraft concepts, builds rapid prototypes, runs demonstrations, and works on hard technical problems in survivability, autonomy, and battle management. The role is onsite in El Segundo or San Diego, CA.

The engineer will provide technical oversight of supportability engineering and make sure design for supportability is built into future aircraft concepts. You will analyze design options for supportability while balancing top-level mission requirements, and coordinate requirements, hardware and software design, verification, and validation work. Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance is required to start.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all Product Support technical work.
• Apply a rigorous systems engineering approach to aircraft design and proposals.
• Bring working knowledge of aircraft systems, including air vehicle, mission computing, communications, and sensors.
• Bring working knowledge of logistics disciplines such as supportability, reliability, maintainability, testability, modeling and simulation, provisioning, and supply support including spares and repairs.
• Work with leadership to make sure lifecycle development and logistics deliverables follow the Statement of Work and stay within budget, schedule, and closure criteria.
• Lead internal and external teammates and suppliers when needed to meet program performance, cost, schedule, and quality goals alongside the program team.
• Work in a fast-paced, high-expectation setting with varied assignments and close teamwork at every level.
• Communicate clearly in writing, verbally, and in presentations, and build strong customer relationships.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in a STEM field plus 12 years of related professional or military experience, or a Master of Science in a STEM field plus 10 years of related experience, or a STEM Ph.D. plus 8 years of related experience.
• An active US Government Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation in the past 6 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and keep Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a timeframe set by business needs.
• Experience in integrated logistics elements such as 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.
• Experience in supportability engineering, including reliability and maintainability, DMSMS, prognostics and health management, and/or fleet operational and sparing modeling.
• Experience in proposals and capture work for Product Support.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%.
• Preferred: experience on Product Support efforts for development and/or sustainment programs.
• Preferred: prior US military service with operations and/or aircraft maintenance background.
• Preferred: experience in competitive capture proposals for Product Support.
• Preferred: strong Microsoft Office skills in Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
• Preferred: strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

Conditions

Onsite in El Segundo or San Diego, CA.

Travel up to 25% of the time.

Secret clearance required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

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

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $177,000.00 to $265,600.00 as a general guideline, set by scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions.
• May be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary annual bonus, which rewards individual contributions and shares 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.