Lead Development Engineer

At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you! ​

Job Description

Job Description

EBAD seeks an engineer for the position Lead Development Engineer, reporting to the Product Development Manager.

Responsibilities:

The lead development engineer (LDE) is the technical lead on internal and external projects and is responsible leading and mentoring other Development Engineering on all technical and schedule aspects of the project/product from concept through development, qualification and production.  Primary duties include:

• Ensuring technical adherence to project and system requirements.
• Providing technical expertise to architect and develop high-quality, verifiable requirements.
• Negotiation and implementation of EBAD standard tailoring for governing specifications
• Deriving system, sub-system, and component requirements, along with the appropriate team members, to ensure the design solution meets or exceeds all customer requirements.
• Ensuring all team-identified risks are captured in the risk management tool and that a robust risk mitigation plan is established
• Identifying critical interfaces/boundaries and interface verification plan
• Facilitating requirements and risk collaboration across functions
• Mentoring team DEs through product performance requirements and development process
• Ensuring all stakeholders (PM, DE, PCE) are aligned on technical scope
• Supporting and/or performing technical analysis to substantiate team design decisions
• Technical product line ownership including knowledge management & improvement initiatives
• Identifying, justifying, and overseeing execution or product line IRAD/OpEx effort
• Assuming Project Chief Engineer roles as assigned
• Leading failure investigations and providing engineering support for product line production issues

Requirements:

The successful candidate must have a BS/MS in an engineering discipline and experience in project, design or related engineering experience.  Mechanical and/or Aerospace are the preferred engineering disciplines. 

Required experience includes:

• Proven leadership of technical teams
• Strong time and task management skills
• Ability to apply customer requirements and government/military specifications to design
• Demonstrated experience generating 3D models & 2D drawings, SolidWorks preferred
• Capable of interpreting GD&T, understanding of how it affects part manufacturing, inspection, and cost
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills for interaction with various levels of management and customers
• Demonstrated competency in problem solving and root cause analysis
• Must have or be able to obtain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance.
• Competent with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of explosive materials and energetic devices, specifically Linear Shaped Charge Assemblies
• Experience with product development, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing processes
• Experience applying GD&T
• Ability to perform and/or review tolerance analyses
• Experience with MS Project
• ANSYS and Solid Works experience

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.