Mechanical Engineer
SAIC
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Description SAIC is seeking a highly motivated Mechanical Engineer to join our company supporting Platform Protections and IR/RF Countermeasures projects. This role involves comprehensive design, development, testing, and engineering of air-expendable countermeasures, including pyrophoric, pyrotechnic, chaff, and active electronic systems. The successful candidate will ensure technical rigor and adherence to performance requirements, DoD standards, and advanced manufacturing processes while contributing to cutting-edge innovations and maintaining compliance with industry and governmental standards.
Key Responsibilities
+ Facilitate the design engineering, acquisition, test and evaluation (T&E), qualification, and configuration management for a diverse portfolio of air-expendable countermeasures.
+ Perform technical reviews of reports and technical documents, including but not limited to:
+ Performance Specifications
+ Drawings
+ Technical Data Packages (TDPs)
+ Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
+ Automated Drawing Lists (ADLs)
+ Qualification/Fielding and acquisition-related documentation
+ Ensure all documentation complies with applicable industry, government, and DoD standards.
+ Design and implement enhancements to air-expendable countermeasure systems to improve performance, cost, safety, and/or reliability.
+ Plan, schedule, and coordinate activities and resources for testing to validate systems meet all functional and technical requirements.
+ Define procedures and acceptance criteria for testing of systems, subsystems, equipment, and components.
+ Document and analyze discrepancies identified during testing operations and recommend corrective actions. Support design improvements for existing and next-generation expendable countermeasures, leveraging advanced manufacturing methodologies and ensuring strict adherence to performance requirements.
Qualifications
Qualifications
+ Bachelor's degree in
Mechanical Engineering and two (2) or more years of experience, Masters and zero (0).
+ Strong background in mechanical engineering principles, particularly in the design, T&E, and qualification of military systems.
+ Proven ability to develop and review technical documentation such as TDPs, ECPs, ADLs, and performance specifications with strict attention to detail.
+ Knowledge of industry and DoD standards governing air-expendable countermeasures.
+ Familiarity with advanced manufacturing methodologies and their integration into product design.
+ Experience in planning and executing test operations, including the preparation of actionable documentation for resolving technical discrepancies.
+ Ability to travel up to 10-20% to support testing, stakeholder coordination, and project oversight.
Preferred Skills
+ Familiarity with pyrophoric, pyrotechnic, chaff, and active electronic systems.
+ Experience with configuration management and engineering processes for military systems.
+ Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills for interaction with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders. REQNUMBER: 2611026 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
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