Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer

About the role

The Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer will support the development, integration, and testing of a large commercial derivative aircraft for use by national leadership personnel. Key responsibilities include providing engineering design, integrations, test, and requirements verification for Air Vehicle Subsystems such as Environmental Control Systems, Fire Protection, and Auxiliary Power Units. Additionally, the role involves supporting FAA and Air Force certification processes, conducting system-level evaluations, and participating in various program reviews.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering design, integrations, test, and requirements verification to Air Vehicle Subsystems including Environmental Control Systems (ECS), Fire protection, and Auxiliary Power Units (APU).
• Develop and execute test plans and analyze data.
• Plan and coordinate sustainment operations.
• Support FAA and Air Force certification processes, including applying MIL-HDBK-516C criteria, military airworthiness processes, compliance mapping, and System-Subsystem Requirements Analysis.
• Review engineering change notices/proposals, contract modifications, and program risks, and develop solutions.
• Conduct system/subsystem performance analysis through assessments of cost, life cycle, maintainability, reliability, risk, and scheduling trade-offs.
• Apply regulatory knowledge of FARs, NPRMs, ADs, and AMOCs for certification and compliance.
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams by actively participating in project meetings and reviews such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews (PDR/CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Function and Physical Compliance Assessments (FCA/PCA), and Programmatic Management Reviews (PMR).
• Translate requirements into system specifications and support design/test activities.
• Prepare and/or review technical evaluations, engineering studies, acquisition strategies, Request for Proposals, test plans, and requirement verifications.
• Apply Systems Engineering processes to conduct trade-off assessments and support design/test activities.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in a related field, or 13+ years with a Master's degree, or 10+ years with a PhD or Juris Doctorate in a related field. Excellent communication skills, detail orientation, and a passion for supporting warfighters are also required. A SECRET clearance with the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET clearance is mandatory.