Sr Material Program Lead

About the role

The Materials & Process Engineering (M&PE) Department, which functions within Hardware Engineering, is seeking a M&PE Program Lead engineer to participate in the design, development, and manufacturing of missile hardware. The ideal candidate will be accountable for supporting all program milestones and providing materials engineering technical execution to the committed production schedule and cost.

Responsibilities

• Leverage Hardware Engineering and M&PE disciplines for technical execution of the design, development, and manufacturing of missile hardware.
• Support all program milestones and provide materials engineering technical execution to the committed production schedule and cost.
• Coordinate M&PE resources to effectively meet program requirements.
• Provide M&PE support to programs' review board meetings (CCB, MRB, PCB, ERB, PMCB).
• Ensure peer reviews are conducted and M&PE position aligned with Program deliverables and "One Voice" prior to report distribution.
• Manage workload to ensure that programs and M&PE team receive the required support consistent with schedule needs.
• Lead the Program Team in the following activities: development of trade studies, benchmarking material technologies, documenting justifications for material choices, resolving technical and operational problems, mentoring and training early career engineers, participating on failure investigation teams, and supporting proposal efforts.
• Present technical position or data results summaries to large technical audiences (e.g., MMSTN, TIG, or ERB).

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience in materials problem solving (process improvements or choosing alternate material or protective coatings to address specific material issues).
• Experience with mechanical test methods (tensile, compression, lap shear, hardness, lap shear, viscosity) and/or chemical analysis methods (FT-IR spectroscope, cure rate of adhesives, DMA, TMA, Gas Chromatography, etc...).
• Qualifications preferred: Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), 7 years of experience in materials problem solving, materials characterization, or production engineering, and competency with the use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, excellent documentation and technical writing skills, proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint, demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team, extensive experience in program system processes related to Material Review Boards, Material and Process Change Boards, Risk Boards, Engineering Review Boards, broad knowledge of materials science with ability to collaborate with SMEs, make Materials Engineering decisions for the program based on solid facts and data.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.