Survivability Roll-up Engineer

About the Role

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. The General Atomics Survivability group has an exciting position available for a Survivability Rollup Engineer to support the design and development of advanced materials for a variety of platforms.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the GA-ASI Survivability Engineering team, working with numerous functional groups to support the design and validation of new aircraft.
• Understand dB rollup and budget tree structures, and communicate visually and verbally how various sources compile into component and vehicle-level performance.
• Support the determination of RCS allocations for numerous features and components, and work with various functional teams to determine how those allocations will be met.
• Utilize a combination of 3rd party software applications and organically developed software tools, including MATLAB and Microsoft products, to manipulate data and report output.
• Own and maintain the rollup database of all scattering sources, updating models based on new measurement/test results or evolution of analytical predictions provided by Engineering.
• Implement tools and processes to track changes in air vehicle system performance over time and report status against established system requirements.
• Brief internal leadership and external customers on overall system performance and the impacts of various features/components.
• Lead the identification of areas for improving signature based on comparison of bottoms-up rollup vs. budget allocation.
• Demonstrate strong skills in data and configuration management, tracking multiple configuration changes, and accurately showing the impacts of those changes to enable informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Progressive engineering experience: four or more years with a bachelor’s degree, or two or more years with a master’s degree. Equivalent engineering experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Experience in tracking and managing large data sets.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong team player with leadership potential qualities.
• Ability to work under general supervision, following established procedures.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Demonstrated technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice in a relevant industry and product.
• Ability to contribute to the development of new concepts and principles.
• Experience developing and fabricating composite structures with an emphasis on low observable materials and structures.
• Demonstrated experience integrating LO-compatible systems into aircraft platforms.

Pay

Salary range: $81,080 - $141,650