Senior Fluid Systems Engineer – New Glenn

Senior Fluid Systems Engineer – New Glenn

Requirements

• Minimum of B.S. degree in mechanical, or aerospace engineering
• 7 years of proven experience in detail design / development of aerospace or equivalent-type fluid systems and project management through complete product life cycle
• Responsible Engineer designation to manage a system with multiple designers working under their direction
• Strong knowledge of fluid components such as valves, regulators, and fittings
• Knowledge of fabrication, integration processes and quality control relative to tubes/piping and machined components
• Working knowledge of materials and treatments
• Experience leading at multi-person development project, managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, cost, and communications
• Experience and ability to work independently on rapid development programs
• Working knowledge of component design such as valves, actuators, mechanisms, bellows, tubes, latches and pressurized components, aerospace hardware
• Experience with pneumatic fluids systems and component design
• Experience with monopropellant fluids systems and component design
• Working knowledge of fabrication, integration processes, and quality control techniques relative to tubes, machined components, and welded hardware
• Experience with stack-ups, linear and radial and types of fits
• Experience with static and dynamic seals and spring seal design
• Working knowledge of aerospace materials and treatments
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and to contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the entire design cycle of fluid subsystems including conceptual design, thermo-fluid modeling, structural layout and analysis, integration, test and mission support
• Collaborate with many internal team members to define requirements, dependencies, and schedule needs associated with delivering coordinated fluid systems
• Lead team-based identification, decomposition, and estimation of work scope for full lifecycle fluids hardware development
• Manage project schedule, resources, and cost – present status of effort, including risks, variances, and recovery plans to program management
• Integrate hardware schedules with program and vehicle schedules
• Work to continuously improve the team processes and manage team assignments to move quickly while meeting human space flight standards
• Continuously track all hardware technical performance measures to ensure the development team is meeting its defined performance goals
• Perform procurement, integration support, and discrepancy resolution
• Coordinate fluid component and subsystem level testing including test planning, test execution, data reduction, and analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven experience in the design of fluid systems and/or mechanisms
• Experience as responsible engineer guiding a team of engineers through entirety of Product Life Cycle on Multiple Complex Programs
• Experience with hydrogen peroxide fluids systems and component design
• Experience with launch vehicle or ground cryogenic and pressure systems and/or complex mechanisms including Umbilical Release Mechanisms
• Supplier management standard methodologies involving sourcing components
• Experience testing pressurized systems including water, pneumatics, hydraulics, and cryogenic propellants
• Proficiency in 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E and Pro/E Piping) and PDM (Windchill)
• Knowledge in the use of FEA analysis tools (ANSYS preferred)
• Experience with GD&T (ASME Y14.5)