Aeronautical Engineer

Title: Engineer Aeronautical 3 (Project Engineer)

Location: Elkton MD

Duration: 12 Months

In need of an experienced technical professionals to work at its Elkton, Maryland facility.  The position will be contracted as an Engineer Aeronautical 3 working on as a project engineer on solid rocket motors programs. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to meet program milestones and customer expectations
• Work with customers to understand requirements and design drivers
• Coordinate a multi‑disciplinary strategy for design, optimization, and analysis to meet mission requirements
• Design SRM assemblies / components with a focus on safety and program requirements
• Complete high‑level performance and sizing calculations on SRM components and assemblies
• Apply engineering principles, industry and company standards, and customer requirements to develop solid‑propellant propulsion systems for launch vehicles, missile systems, and/or space missions
• Produce detailed drawings for component fabrication
• Support analysis & testing activities needed to validate designs

Basic Requirements:

• Must have a bachelors degree in STEM and at least 2 years of relevant experience.  Will consider those with a Masters degree and 3 years of experience or a PhD and 1 year of experience.
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance. (Not required to start)

Preferred Qualifications:

Familiarity with:

• Rocketry, Solid Rocket Motors, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Missiles, Flight Vehicles, and/or Energetics
• Siemens NX and Teamcenter, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Design Principles
• Multi-disciplinary Teamwork
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), ASME Y14.5-2009, Design for Assembly / Manufacturing (DFA/DFM)
• Microsoft Office Suite of products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
• Active DoD Secret Clearance