Senior Principal Engineer – Electrical Fuze & Initiation Systems
On-siteTucson, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Lead development and production programs for fuzing devices and propulsion subcontracts, managing supplier operations, design changes, and subcontract data. Apply advanced technologies to systems integration for missile and space vehicles, while conducting trade studies on electrical designs and performing stress and thermal analyses. Mentor engineering teams, deliver technical presentations to management and government agencies, and interface with customers to identify user needs. Obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance prior to start date. Onsite position in Tucson, AZ; salary range $132,400 - $251,600 USD.
Required Qualifications
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- 10 years of prior relevant experience
- Advanced degree
- 7 years of relevant experience
- A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in fuzing / one shots / engineering technology and/or engineering design
- Experience with fuzing devices design, manufacturing, testing, safety certification and/or compliance
- Project Management as applied to team interaction and deliverables
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced STEM degree
- Twelve (12) or more years of directly related experience in fuzing devices and their applications
- Systems knowledge to assure full development of fuzing device requirements and dissemination and flow down to subcomponent levels
- Ability to perform fuzing trade studies evaluating different electrical designs and estimate design and production cost and schedule
- Experience performing electrical stress analysis, electrical thermal analysis, environment survivability assessment
- Ability to analyze analog, digital, mixed signal and power conversion circuits using simulation and computational skills
- Experience in developing fuzing, safe & arm products that meet MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-1901, and MIL-STD-464
- Working knowledge of JOTP-051, 052, 053
- Experience with energetic and pyrotechnic initiators, exploding foil deflagrating initiators (EFDI), and Low energy exploding foil initiators (LEEFI) and their operation
- Technical writing skills in the area of detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work, white paper and technical presentations
- Project engineering skills and experience using Earned Value Management System
- Willingness to travel, including international, to provide supplier support
- Supplier collaboration experience and oversight generating specifications and statements of work (SOW)
- Working knowledge or experience with either missile design or development, production support and integration
- Advocate for process improvement (e.g., CMMI, R6s, etc.), team builder, and ability to build strong relationships and effectively partner with internal and external resources
- Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance (Department of Defense)
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