Sentinel - Staff Infrastructure Lead Engineer - Mechanical (19310)

Technical Excellence

Review INF work products via peer reviews, Design Reviews, and various board meetings to ensure adherence to the Sentinel technical baseline and associated requirements and processes.
Balancing stringent quality standards for technical artifacts (e.g. Technical Data Packages, Product Data Packages) with the rapid pace of procurement, fabrication, and construction of test assets and early prototypes.
Presenting sufficient information to Program Management to make informed decisions between conflicting technical approaches based upon program and IPT-level cost, schedule, and technical impacts and risk.
Championing process improvements that allow the systems engineering, design engineering, and analysis teams to define and board high quality products in a cost and time efficient manner.

Cross-Element Coordination

Working closely with technical leadership and contributors across the program to identify impacts on INF work scope resulting from external changes or impacts on external stakeholders resulting from INF artifacts.
Developing joint solutions to cross-segment or cross-element technical challenges, balancing impacts, risks, and opportunities to identify the best overall options for the Sentinel program.

Communication

Negotiating competing priorities and interests across a wide range of internal and external stakeholder communities to pursue the best course of action for the Sentinel program.
Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a wide range of distinct internal organizations, customer communities, subcontractors, and industry partners.
Providing regular briefings, reports, and other communications to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 12 years of related experience; a Master's degree with 10 years; or a PhD with 8 years
  Must have an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance at time of application, current and within scope (awarded or renewed in the last 6 years), with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance
  Minimum 6 years of experience leading Mechanical design efforts on Aerospace and Defense programs and/or major infrastructure/building projects
  Minimum 3 years of experience with component or subsystem-level testing or analysis
  The ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in STEM, preferably an Engineering degree
  ICBM experience
  Experience with CAD modeling software, especially NX, and analytical modeling software, especially Abaqus and Ansys
  Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
  Strong understanding and broad application of engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.)
  Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
  Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations