Sr Environmental Qualification Engineer

Are you looking to use your engineering capabilities, project management, and collective skills in your next position? We could use your expertise on our team! We are innovators on a mission to unify, explore and inspire. As a Senior Environmental Qualification Engineer, you will assist with planning, executing, and monitoring equipment environmental qualification testing in support of civil and military environmental certification requirements. You will develop and implement the strategy for multiple programs, including coordinating activities throughout the product lifecycle from initiation through delivery and interfacing with external customers or field-based employees. You'll also review, manage, proactively challenge, and control status of project programs and budgets, manage schedules and prepare status reports, and lead teams in achieving the goals of the program including issue identification, resolution and contingency planning.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Responsibilities:

• Environmental qualification database development and maintenance

• Environmental qualification requirements allocation to individual equipment

• Evaluation of qualification artifacts against equipment qualification requirements, including initial qualification gap assessments (assessment of existing data) and final evaluation of program artifacts

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in a related field of study

• Typically, 12+ years of progressive technical experience

• Expert knowledge of engineering principles and practice

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development team

• Comprehensive understanding of requirements management, system design, integration

• Experience with FAA or military certification process

• Exposure to equipment environmental qualification methods for FAA or military aircraft certification

• Experience with civil and military standards, such as RTCA/DO-160G, MIL-STD-810H, and MIL-STD-461G

• Experience performing qualification testing

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Typically 6-8 years of relevant leadership and/or project management experience

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary design and development team and communicating with program management and customers

• Preparation of templates for qualification plans, procedures, and reports for use by IPTs and subcontractors

• Experience preparing test plans, procedures, and reports

• Exposure to Commercial Derivative Aircraft (CDA) programs

• Experience in a specialized field related to qualification, such as mechanical systems, electrical systems, structural dynamics, or electromagnetic effects

• Coordination with and support of IPTs and subcontractors to ensure qualification requirements are understood and qualification plans are developed and successfully executed

• Familiarity with preparation and development of project estimates, technical proposals, and program cost and schedule management

• Past history of leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of highly integrated trade studies and analysis of alternative

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics, parts lists, specifications, instructions, and test procedure

• Professional Certification in Program Management International (PMI) and/or Program Management Professional (PMP

• Experience or certification in INCOSE standard

• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

This posting will be open for application for a minimum of 5 days and may be extended based on business needs.

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

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SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination.  Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.