Description:
PDS Tech Inc. is seeking a Liaison Mechanical Engineer II, in Louisville, CO
The ideal candidate will excel in a demanding, fast-paced, and evolving environment where they will work as part of a strong, agile and highly motivated team to accomplish the first of its kind commercial winged-body spacecraft.. This individual takes pride in his/her thoroughness, emphasis on follow through, interorganizational communication skills and attention to requirements conformance. The candidate will be able to problem solve from the component level to installation level addressing often first time problems and use strong logic and engineering tools to come up with solutions to problems that meet or exceed drawing and document requirements. A successful applicant will have the ability thrive in a challenging multidisciplinary build environment, collectively solving build problems that require collaboration and agreement of the Design, Quality and Manufacturing organizations.
Liaison engineer team members are responsible as the primary interface for manufacturing floor activity for Uncrewed Dream Chaser (UDC) and Cargo Module (CM) fabrication on the CRS2 program. Liaison’s goal is to ensure design requirements are met between production, planning, and supply chain, while maintaining schedule. Through a detailed understanding of the build processes, design requirements and extensive collaboration with the internal teams designing and managing installations, this team is a key stakeholder to ensure that the overall build of UDC and CM design achieves all objectives.Must-haves:
Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering discipline and typically 3 or more years of relevant experience
Practical Knowledge of engineering principles and practices
Experience with Computer Aided Engineering tools
Familiarity working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
Preferred:
Experience in design and build of primary and secondary composite structures
Experience in design and build of metallic structures and fittings
Proficient or familiar with hand calculation methods for structural analysis
Proficiency preferred in NX CAD, but experience is another CAD package is acceptable
Familiar with typical PLM architecture
Excel, or similar data analysis software
Experience with utilizing, developing, optimizing, interpreting and maintaining process specifications and work instructions
Ability to influence without authority, tenacious, and highly energetic
Able to adapt to a fast-paced and evolving work environment
Confident and competent in communication across departments and at different levels of leadership
Experience driving cross-functional changes to address specific technical problems
Experience monitoring, tracking, and continually improving design via root cause analysis
The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance may be required Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances
Responsibilities:
o Assess, disposition, analyze, justify, determine cause and relay improvements for build discrepancies, errors and other nonconformances
o Provide guidance on when NC’s are appropriate vs other engineering change options, enforce process standards, and provide streamlined support to quickly address and close
o Understand, prioritize, communicate and execute nonconformance against program schedule.
o Develop and utilize knowledge of various engineering change options, determine and execute the appropriate change option that creates the shortest path and meets engineering requirements for each unique problem.
o Document, prioritize, communicate, and track required engineering changes fed back to the spacecraft design organization for resolution.
o Work closely with manufacturing, quality, planning, and procurement teams to address changes and shepherd them through fruition on the production floor.
o Contribute to innovative, time saving, and cost-effective improvements to help streamline engineering change and response times.
o Provide guidance to technicians, engineers, and quality assurance engineers related to drawing and spacecraft requirements by overseeing installations; providing training, and information briefs on key topics.
o Support the development and maintenance of program specific technical specifications, and follow through on execution of these specifications to drive efficiency.
o Contribute to development and execution of standard repairs, analysis methods, and acceptable defects to streamline defects processing through MRB.
o Monitor existing processes and nonconformance trends to develop tools and other methods to reduce manufacturing build hours and quality issues, increase production rates, and remove waste from complex processes.
