Propulsion Engineer 4

On May 2, 2005, The Boeing Company and the Lockheed Martin Corporation announced their intention to form a joint venture called the United Launch Alliance (ULA).

 

ULA brings together two of the launch industry’s most experienced and successful teams - the Lockheed Martin Atlas and Boeing Delta teams - that have supported America’s presence in space for almost 50 years. Atlas and Delta expendable launch vehicles have carried more than 850 combined payloads to space ranging from weather, telecommunications and national security satellites that protect and improve life on Earth, to deep space and interplanetary exploration missions that further our knowledge of the universe.

 

Job title: Propulsion Engineer 4

Req. number: 28745

Job location: Decatur, AL 35673-0000

 

Test Engineer working with the Propulsion Engineering Group for the ARES program located at Marshall Space Flight Center, (MSFC), located in Huntsville, AL.

 

The candidate will perform engineering functions of propulsion/hydraulic in-process and final acceptance testing.

 

Responsibilities:

Perform test conductor duties for in-depth flight article testing, leading a team of support engineers and technicians. Write, maintain, and update detailed test procedures that comply with drawing requirement and design specifications. Troubleshoot test anomalies. Design, validate, maintain, upgrade and troubleshoot test equipment to achieve test requirements. Analyze, process, and format data to customer requirements. Review test data, including off-nominal data, for accuracy, quality and/or fidelity prior to delivery to customer. Prepare and publish test reports to document test results and satisfy requirements. Present test results internally. Train others. Work under general direction.

 

Required skills:

- Ability to read and understand complex propulsion system, drawings and schematics.

- System level, proof pressure leak test experience with rocket or missile propulsion systems and components of those systems (e.g. regulators, actuators, valves, transducers, etc.).

- Knowledge of leak detection method and equipment.

- Mechanical system troubleshooting.

- Test equipment design, build or troubleshooting experience.

- Proficient in Technical writing.

- Technical coordination, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.

- Good communication and team player abilities.

- Must have proficiency in using a desktop computer in a networked environment and must have experience using standard office application programs.

 

Preferred:

- Test experience with rocket propulsion systems. Control Room Test Conductor or Test Engineer experience.

- Experience in Unigraphics, Adobe Frame Maker.

 

Education:

- 9 to 13 years experience in an engineering classification or either a Master's degree with 7 to 11 years' experience or a PhD degree with 4 to 8 years' experience in an engineering classification.

- Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

- ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

- Employees must meet minimum vision requirements and demonstrate the ability to hear pure tone thresholds as specified by the relevant contractual agreement, regulation and / or company occupational health guide.

 

ULA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) information. All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a natural person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

 

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