Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.  

In this role, you will be an integral participant in spacecraft mechanical engineering requirements development, design analysis, and verification. Key areas of focus include application of structural analysis and structural dynamics to the design, manufacture, and test with an emphasis on spacecraft solar arrays. Additionally, you will also support spacecraft system level test, launch, and activation.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Support the customer in the oversight of the mechanical and electrical design, integration and test of spacecraft solar arrays and other mechanical hardware.
• Review and coordinate on all changes to specifications, lCDs and system level requirements.
• Review spacecraft mechanical manufacturing specifications for accuracy and ensure requirement allocation documentation is complete and accurate.
• Review drawings, documents and procedures for design, manufacturing and integration, and provide comments to the contractor and/or government.
• Track development issues, significant accomplishments and upcoming events and provide weekly status updates to the customer.
• Attend system level design reviews, and program management reviews to assess design maturity, requirements compliance and to provide informed technical recommendations to the USG.
• Identify and assess emerging risks; develop and evaluate proposed burn-down plans.
• Review prime contractor readiness to proceed into spacecraft manufacturing and test.
• Support factory integration and test activities, as required.
• Provide support to launch and satellite on-orbit test.
• Attend branch meetings as appropriate at the request of the customer to coordinate support activities Provide technical evaluation of accommodation efforts in contractor Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
• Attend contractor milestone reviews (e.g. PDR, CDR, pre-test, pre- ship and other meetings) to provide technically based recommendations regarding satisfaction of review entrance and exit criteria.
• Develop productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other spacecraft subsystem subject matter experts.
• Advise and mentor USG spacecraft solar array subsystem lead and other Vehicle Engineering Branch personnel regarding solar array design elements.

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's and nine (9) years or more experience; Master's and seven (7) years or more experience
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience in the design & integration of satellite buses.
• Knowledgeable of launch & flight operations of space vehicles.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.