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Overview:
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a Principal Small UAS (sUAS) Mechanical Engineer to join our team at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Qualified candidates must be U.S. citizens with a TS/SCI clearance. The successful candidate will provide mechanical engineering expertise on a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing, integrating, and transitioning multiple different technologies for the Government Team Lead. In addition, the individual will apply MIL-HDBK-516 criteria to subsystem design and test, have a working knowledge of military airworthiness process, understand and apply compliance mapping and provide systems engineering evaluation, verification and validation of subsystems. Anticipate up to 15% travel, with surge periods of greater travel, primarily in CONUS.
You will be a great fit for this role if:
- You have a passion for aerospace, defense, special operations, and advanced technologies.
- You understand the urgent need to modernize our defense systems and give our warfighters the best possible tools.
- Paying attention to detail and providing excellent customer service in a professional environment is a skill you excel at.
- You are passionate about continuous learning and growth, and you seek opportunities to challenge yourself.
- You are driven to make a meaningful impact through your work.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in key engineering integration meetings:
- Milestone design and technical reviews
- Team Lead Meetings
- Material Improvement Program Review Boards
- Engineering and Crew Station Working Groups
- Lead System Engineer Technical Engagements
- Integrated Test Team Meetings
- Support on-aircraft engineering integration activities
- On-aircraft integration and engineering test build events
- Knock down administrative and engineering barriers
- Raise issues to technical and programmatic POCs and/or leadership for decision/action
- Plan and schedule resources to support integration and test
- Report on status of ongoing integration and test
- Understanding of airworthiness criteria.
- Conduct and support root cause analysis with enterprise stakeholders
- Contribute to systems engineering activities including requirements definition, architecture development, integration, and verification.
- Participate in platform integration and testing and verification of subsystems for performance and functionality.
- Lead and support Government and industry teams through technical planning, design reviews, test reviews, and technical assessments.
- Develop and deliver technical briefings to a wide range of audiences, including senior technical and leadership stakeholders.
- Collaborate with U.S. Government and industry partner organizations to support joint mission capability development.
- Promote efficiency, agility, and traceability in fast-paced engineering environments.
- Lead integration of new, legacy, and GOTs hardware and software.
- Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of systems compatible with defined system architectures.
- Support the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
- Develop the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems, and work products are verified against their requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Exceptional integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to MTSI’s core values.
- Minimum 8+ years of industry or government experience demonstrating and practicing knowledge, skills, and abilities in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
- Experience with a mix of core mechanical engineering fundamentals, to include:
- Mechanical design (modeling, tolerance analysis, mechanism design, composite structures)
- Structural analysis (static/dynamic loading, fatigue, shock/vibe, failure analysis)
- Knowledge of lightweight aircraft structures (payload mounts, structural reinforcement)
- Basic aerodynamic analysis (external payload drag)
- Mechanical integration (flight controllers, batteries, antennas, payloads, sensors, weight distribution and center of gravity, SWaP-C optimizations
- Mechanical documentation
- Rapid prototyping and iterative hardware development
- Testing, evaluating, and reporting to include hardware-in-the-loop, developmental test, and operational test
- Proven experience in aviation system design, development, integration, and test.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing technical content to senior leadership.
- Strong customer service skills; being able to work with personnel across multiple disciplines and organizations.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
- Ability to work well in a cross-disciplinary team with other engineers and military operators.
- Ability to apply expert knowledge and proactively work independently.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, “tip of the spear” environment.
- Demonstrated willingness to learn and adapt to evolving mission and technical requirements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Desired Qualifications:
- Integration of weapons systems, sensor, and C2 capabilities, including cross-platform interoperability.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
- Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering, desired.
Clearance Requirements:
- US Citizenship.
- Must possess an active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SAP and SCI eligibility.
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