Title: Mgr Vehicle Systems Engineering 1 Category: Engineering/Product Development Location: Wallops Island, VA / USA | Sector: Technical Services
Posting ID: TS/091268
Description:
Job Description:
The Vehicle Engineering (VE) Manager is the technical lead for the VE Department. Supervises team
of approximately 15 engineers and technicians. Through the department staff, the VE Supervisor is
primarily responsible for the engineering analysis and design, systems support, and proper applications
of sounding rocket vehicle systems hardware, including the direction of engineering efforts for new
designs. This hardware includes, but is not limited to rocket motors and associated hardware,
tail assemblies and associated hardware, parachute recovery systems, and flight termination systems.
The VE supervisor is responsible for ensuring sufficient vehicle systems hardware is available to
support the mission manifest. The VE Supervisor is responsible for department compliance with
configuration management and engineering best practices, and for the general integrity of VE
engineering design. Contributes to overall NSROC engineering management and continuous process
improvement by participating in engineering meetings, mission reviews, standing committees, and
collaborating with other department supervisors. Duties to be performed include, but are not limited to
those listed below. Establish and enforce VE Department policies in accordance with NSROC
Engineering management vision. Prioritize assigned duties for each VE Department member. Ensure
that every sounding rocket vehicle is analyzed for structural integrity to mission-specific predicted flight
loads, and establish need for testing of items outside the experience envelope. Ensure review of
propulsion characteristics for all motors to verify proper utilization on each mission. Define and enforce
policies for storage, inspection, certification of motors. Ensure post-flight analysis is completed to
confirm proper motor performance. Ensure that vehicle inspection and assembly procedures are
properly developed and kept current. Ensure that payload parachute recovery syetems are properly
managed for configuration control, adequate inventory, proper utilization, and post-flight analysis to
confirm proper performance. Direct design efforts for new vehicle systems (structural, propulsion,
ordnance, or recovery). Direct efforts of vehicle technicians at White Sands Missile Range, NM.
Conduct a minimum once-yearly site. Visit to VE Staff at White Sands Missile Range. Work closely
with Supervisor of Vehicle Technicians to identify issues and formulate solutions Conduct weekly staff
meetings with VE group and Vehicle Technicians to track progress on issues and maintain mission
schedules. Primary Material Review Board member for Vehicle non-conformances and design changes.
Signatory on all Vehicle Procedures. Serve as or desginate a VE Review Panel member for all DR's
and MRR's. Program level liaison to customers and vendors to establish policy and plan future work.
Qualifications:
Minimum Education, Experience and Licensing/Certification Requirements
Bachelors Degree with five years of experience, or Masters Degree with three years of experience.
Educational emphasis in electrical, mechanical, or aeronautical engineering. Work experience in
rocket hardware, systems, or technical operations. Broad exposure to propulsion, electronics, flight
analysis, and vehicle systems. Very organized, focused, thorough, self-motivated, and persistent.
Attention to details and facts, with ability to assess and evaluate material, data, and information.
Must have very good written and oral communications skills. Must be able to work well with others
including clerical, technical, and professional personnel. Competent with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Relocation Assistance Available. Security Clearance Required.
