Engineer I – Spacecraft Mechanical Design at BAE Systems,… · Boulder

Summary: BAE Systems, Inc. is an international defense, aerospace and security company that delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces. The Engineer I – Spacecraft Mechanical Design will support the design and analysis of spacecraft structures, manage engineering change processes, and ensure technical requirements are met.

Responsibilities:
- Support the design and analysis effort for new spacecraft structures from proposal phase thru award, detailed design, fabrication, assembly, test, and requirement verification
- Gain awareness of cost and schedule planning and tracking as well as managing efforts through robust engineering change processes including risk and opportunity management
- Performing CAD modeling and drawing generation in support of Spacecraft primary and secondary structure design and analysis to meet Technical Requirements, including drawing creation with GD&T
- Support Requirements Development, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Test, and Requirements Verification
- Proactively identifying, communicating, and managing risks and opportunities
- Providing technical oversight of Spacecraft structure related subcontracts
- Define, maintain, iterate, and verify the structural requirements that are needed to meet the system and other subsystem requirements and interfaces
- Generate, iterate, maintain, and release the primary/secondary structure design that meets system and subsystem requirements
- Working on CAD and doing simple hand structural analysis calculations during proposal and program initial startup
- Coordination required with personnel from all other spacecraft sub-systems including external interfaces such as customers, customer consultants, payload providers and launch vehicle providers
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment
- Perform other duties as necessary

Required Qualifications:
- BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required
- Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education
- Proficient in SolidWorks or equivalent 3D CAD software

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing Aluminum honeycomb and CFRP structures for the space environment preferred

Required Skills: SolidWorks, 3D CAD software, Aluminum honeycomb structure design, CFRP structure design, GD&T, Spacecraft structural design, Structural analysis calculations, Requirements development, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Test, Requirements verification, Risk management

Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance (offered to regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week), Health savings accounts (offered to regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week), A 401(k) savings plan (offered to regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week), Disability coverage (offered to regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week), Life and accident insurance (offered to regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week), Employee assistance program, Legal plan, Discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Paid parental leave, Military leave, Bereavement leave, Any applicable federal and state sick leave, Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards, Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.