Sr. Specialist - Project Engineering

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Project Engineering

Job Code: 47592

Job Location: West Palm Beach, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

This role will work closely with the supply base to manufacture complex static and rotating hardware for use in turbo pumps. Coordinating with multiple disciplines to deliver hardware that meets the mission requirements on time and budget. The job offers exposure to many different engineering and operation disciplines that support the product. Travel to the supply base is required

Essential Functions:

·        Under general supervision, Develop and maintain integrated engineering plans and schedules in coordination with program management and functional engineering leads.

·        Development and fabrication support of rocket engine components. Translate engineering and scientific concepts from preliminary ideas through product life cycle.

·       Coordinate supplier activities to ensure requirements are achieved on time and within budget. Frequent travel to check in on progress and work through technical challenges.

·        Communicate project status, technical challenges, and recommend solutions to leadership, customers, suppliers, and project stakeholders.

·        Lead technical reviews, investigations, support design decisions, trade studies, integration, verification, validation, and acceptance activities.

·        Develop specifications, trade studies, design concepts, systems integration and component-level test plans.

·        Maintain and organize project documentation and actions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical, Aerospace, or similar Engineering degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. 
• 4+ years of experience with Aerospace design, manufacturing, and/or test
• 4+ years of experience with schedules, budgets, and project planning

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Good communication skills both verbally and through presentations.
• Understanding of GD&T
• Exceptional organizational skills to keep accurate records of actions, budgets, and schedule requirements
• Familiarity Microsoft suite of applications, ability to write scripts to automate data analysis.