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Avion Solutions, Inc. · 18 hours ago

Payloads Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

Avion Solutions Inc. is an employee-owned company seeking candidates for a Payloads Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. The role involves providing expert design and analysis support for payloads and countermeasures, overseeing requirements development, and conducting technical evaluations and reviews.

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Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serve as expert on behalf of the MDA/DT Targets program office in support of the design and analysis of payloads and countermeasures

Provide oversight of payload and countermeasure requirements development

Provide independent assessment of prime contractor payload and countermeasure designs

Provide technical reviews and recommendations on all design and development plans to include prime contractor reports, analyses, procedures, etc

Provide technical evaluation of target instrumentation to include requirements, instrumentation layout, types of instrumentation, testing of instrumentation, etc

Provide technical evaluation to the Targets program office in support of all program reviews: System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness Review, Failure Review Board, Manufacturing Review Board, Product Acceptance Review, System Pedigree Review, Total Program Review, Design/Requirements/Signatures/Test TIMs, etc

Support requests from MDA organizations outside of the Targets program office by providing technical responses to information requests and coordinating Technical Interchange Meetings

Support DTTE Technical Team requests for design information such as CAD drawings, materials, hardware for signature testing in support of characterization and optical/RF model development

Support the cost analysis team with technical evaluation for accurate costs estimate for PM

Support program scheduler to meet program delivery deadlines and keep PM advised

Represent the interests of the customer in Working Groups, forums, and Technical Interchange Meetings

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Payloads engineeringCountermeasures expertiseDoD program experienceEngineering disciplines knowledgeIR/RCS signatures understandingMaterial properties knowledgeDynamic environment adaptabilityCommunication skillsProblem-solving abilityTeam leadership

Required

Master's degree and 12+ years working on payloads or countermeasures for DoD programs, or a Bachelor's degree and 20+ years working on payloads or countermeasures for DoD programs

Experience across multiple engineering disciplines

Ability to communicate technical information to the non-technical members of the program office to support programmatic mission

Can work independently and/or lead teams to analyze and resolve problems

Must be able to work in a dynamic environment and have the individual flexibility to work multiple actions simultaneously and resolve time-sensitive issues

Strong communication skills to include oral, written, and briefing

Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time