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Amentum · 2 months ago

Mechanical Design Chief Engineer, Space Exploration Applications

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Amentum is a leading engineering solutions provider partnering with NASA for deep space exploration. They are seeking a Mechanical Design Chief Engineer to oversee a team involved in mechanical system development, conduct design reviews, and ensure technical correctness in projects.

Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Design and Analysis Group Manager

The position is responsible for the direct technical oversight of approximately 100 people involved in various aspects of Mechanical System Development across and in support of several NASA Engineering Divisions

Perform routine mechanical design reviews for cost, schedule, risk management, and deliverable adherence

Conduct oversight, mentorship and guidance to individual mechanical design task leads

Work with mechanical design task leads to track and maintain efficient task performance

Maintain an active list of lessons learned to actively inform design engineers

Lead team to conduct troubleshooting, fault tree development and provide technical resolution for anomalies in mechanical systems

Maintain active related risk management (technical, cost, and schedule) on all associated mechanical tasks

Communicate design status to senior management

Work with colleagues to coordinate issue resolution across multiple NASA JSC and JETS contract organizations which could include source limitations, technical challenges, process breakdowns, etc

Establish a framework and oversight for technical correctness on all work performed by the design section

Conduct design reviews to monitor technical correctness, design project health, and progress

Understand and be capable of generating comprehensive design concepts based on a given set of requirements

Work with engineers to provide hands-on approach in the hardware design, build and test/verification process

Provide rough orders of magnitude (ROM's) and basis of estimates (BOE's) for project and tasks

Provide quick technical and administrative response to projects, removing roadblocks to ensure project success and customer satisfaction

Work as a Project Technical Design Lead as required to supplement or replace current design lead function

Review, develop or update Mechanical Design and Development processes as required

Develop succession plan mentoring future Chief Engineers and Technical Design Leads

Develop technical training modules as required

Perform other duties as required

Qualification

Mechanical flight hardware developmentSolid modeling CAD softwareTolerance stack up analysisProject technical team managementASME Y14.5 StandardsASME Y14.100 StandardsFinite Element Analysis (FEA)CREO simulation toolsTechnical training developmentCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeamworkProblem-solvingMentorship

Required

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience

Minimum of 5 years' experience with NASA/JSC Mechanical flight intravehicular and extravehicular hardware development processes

Prior experience using solid modeling CAD software including PTC CREO, Pro Engineering or Solidworks

Experience with ASME Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standards

Experience with ASME Y14.100 Engineering Drawing Practices Standards

Experience with tolerance stack up analysis

Familiarity with mechanisms design

Familiarity with electronics packaging and cabling

Prior experience with down and in mechanical component design (including large structures, mechanisms, electronics packaging, fluid systems etc.)

Previous project or technical team/task management experience required

Familiarity with NASA Work Instruction EA-023, JSC Policy Directive 7120 (Class 1E), along with flight hardware certification and other flight hardware processes

Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills with the ability to work in a team environment and a history of effectively interacting with senior managers at all levels

Experience planning and establishing work priorities

Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook