Senior Associate, Project Engineering

Location: Huntsville, AL, US

Employment Type: Full-Time

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Job Title: Senior Associate, Project Engineering

Job Code: 39776

Job Location: Huntsville, AL 

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

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking an experienced Project Engineer for our Huntsville, AL location. The Project Engineer role involves performing and/or coordinating propulsion program tasks in conjunction with program management. Under limited general direction, you will be responsible for implementing design and analysis tasks and overseeing special studies and experiments. 

Additionally, you will coordinate ballistic, thermal, and structural analyses, as well as perform post-test examination, analyses, and reporting to support the program.

Essential Functions:

Under general direction, the Specialist Project Engineer determines approaches to objectives demonstrating a complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, and practices: Scope of duties to include:

• Support Engineering teams working on solid rocket motor development and production program tasks/problem resolution, etc. Coordinate engineering work; manage technical progress, risk, schedule, and cost as needed.
• Monitor technical progress and interface with Program Management, Aerojet Rocketdyne customers, and other Aerojet Rocketdyne functional organizations to understand and develop resolution to program technical issues.
• Provide technical consultation to Program Management and Business Development organizations for business development activities such as writing white papers or preparing and presenting technical briefings to customers.
• Support the technical lead on proposals to government customers or prime contractors for propulsion development or technology programs.
• Provide inputs to written and verbal status reports to Engineering lead, Aerojet Rocketdyne Management, and provide input and leadership at product team meetings.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.
• Travel: 25%.

Qualifications:

• Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior Project Engineer experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior Project Engineer experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior Project Engineer experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with solid propellant propulsion projects is highly desired.
• Background in CAD, GD&T, Analysis or Materials is desirable.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software is desired.

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