Sr. Systems Engineer - Thermal Analysis - Military Veterans

SNC is currently seeking exceptional candidates who wish to be a part of the commercial space revolution. Our fun, fast-paced and collaborative team designs, builds, and flies the Dream Chaser Cargo System, an ambitious flagship program to create our Nation's only commercially reusable space plane. With your help, we will conduct many safe and successful missions over the next decade to deliver critical cargo to and from the International Space Station. These flights for NASA will enable us to build an unprecedented commercial space transportation network around the Dream Chaser, which provides affordable, cutting-edge orbital capability and return to Earth services onto runways around the globe. The future of space transportation is now.

In your role as a Thermal Analyst, you will be responsible for determining the thermal performance of the Dream Chaser. This includes tasks such as developing thermal analysis models which are required for the design, development, production, assembly, test, and certification efforts to deliver the completed Dream Chaser Space System.

At SNC’s Space Systems Group (SSG) we are not only the creator of the Dream Chaser® spacecraft, but also the designer and manufacturer of rocket engines and components, systems that sustain life in deep space, as well as systems and satellites that improve life here on Earth. The work of our Space Systems team not only supports the U.S. government (including NASA), but also commercial customers and international organizations. Learn more about SSG

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assist in the development of vehicle and component level thermal models of the DCCS
• Conduct and document thermal system analysis required to meet program milestones
• Coordinate model results with other systems to implement thermal control solutions
• Prepare and give technical presentations to management and customers
• Develop predictions for thermal system validation and verification events.
• Perform thermal model correlation to test and flight data
• Authoring technical and engineering memos as required
• Create test procedures and identify necessary test equipment
• Prepare material for, and conduct periodic design reviews
• Execute engineering design and development activities consistent with Customer quality, cost and schedule requirements
• Provide support in the development and maintaining of configuration baselines for systems and sub-systems
• Support flight tests and mission operations
• Support business development in defining systems architectures for business opportunities during the program capture phase
• Support the engineering team on refining the system architecture during the proposal effort
• Assist the program efforts to interpret customer requirements and decompose them into hardware and system requirements and specifications
• Originate specifications, control documents, verification and validation plans, procedures, reports, or other documentation in support of design and development activities
• Follow SNC policies, procedures and work instructions for all technical activities
• Punctuality to work each day and prepared to work scheduled work hours

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles and practices

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams

• Ability to use Thermal Desktop and SIDNA to conduct analyses

• Thorough understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles

• Strong interpersonal skills, as position will require interfacing with many engineers from a variety of disciplines Act as a technical liaison to the Program Manager

Preferred:

• Advanced Experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB

• Knowledge of industry standard mechanical design principles, to include, but not limited to requirements management, Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)

• Experience or certification in INCOSE standards

• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

• Experience leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures

• Thorough understanding of establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

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

Sierra Nevada Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

– Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran, or any other protected status

pursuant to applicable local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.