Senior Development Engineer

This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions.Click here to learn more.

Job Description

EBAD seeks an engineer for the position Senior Development Engineer, reporting to the Product Development Engineering Manager. This position is located in Moorpark, CA.

The role of a Senior Development Engineer involves steering projects through diverse stages, commencing with conceptual design and advancing through development, qualification, and ultimately, readiness for production. These products specifically focus on crafting sophisticated energetic and electro-mechanical components and systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leading a project through development and qualification milestones
• Conducting internal and customer milestone meetings such as technical specification reviews, risk mitigation meetings, design reviews, and test readiness reviews.
• Technical compliance and risk assessment/management
• Research legacy product knowledge on similar products to leverage lessons learned as well as the incorporation of new technologies in into a robust new product
• Create 3D conceptual models to meet customer design requirements
• Development and maintenance of the technical data package, product testing documentation requirements and methods
• Perform, rationalize, and document design trade studies, perform hand calculations, tolerance studies, and data analyses
• Work with analytical team to rationalize new designs
• Interact with customers on design, interface, and functional details
• Interact with suppliers to rapid prototype parts for risk reduction testing
• Requirements generation, allocation, and flow down
• Creation of documentation and leadership thru design verification testing and qualification testing, including dynamic and thermal environments
• Coordination of all other project team technical tasks
• Cost estimating and management for both proposal and program activity
• Additional duties include coordination with other departments to ensure the production viability of new designs, creation of the required documentation, and internal and customer approval for this documentation
• The senior role incorporates leveraging career experience and expertise to mentor, train, and develop individual and overall team capabilities in design, test and production methodologies

Requirements:

• The successful candidate must have a BS in an engineering discipline, preferably mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a minimum of 12 years of project, design, or related engineering experience.
• Required experience in leadership of multi-function technical teams, product development, problem solving/root cause analysis and data analysis/critical thinking of highly complex technical development projects.
• Capable of applying GD&T, and understanding how it effects part cost and manufacturing
• Candidates should have the ability to interpret and analyze customer requirements and government/military specifications and apply them to the design
• Strong SolidWorks experience is required
• Knowledge of satellite or launch vehicle systems as well as experience with manufacturing processes, rapid prototyping, and product development
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills for interaction with various levels of management and customers
• Design for Manufacturing methods and techniques
• Experience with government specifications and industry standards related to aerospace components' and systems' design, manufacture, and test
• Candidates must meet all requirements under BATFE and ITAR
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite software (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, MS Project)

Compensation:

Salary Range: $130,000 - $165,000 per year. Salary is determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.