Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer – Thermal Analysis

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🏈 Alabama – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote

💵 $130k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems

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1001 - 5000 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

Aerospace • Defense • Manufacturing

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is a global aerospace and defense company that specializes in providing a diverse array of armaments, ammunition, and protection systems for the U. S. military and its allies. Their extensive product offerings include advanced guns and gun systems, missile subsystems, small to large caliber ammunition, and composite aerospace structures. The company is dedicated to empowering warfighters through innovation and superior readiness, ensuring they are equipped with state-of-the-art munitions and support systems.

📋 Description

• Conduct detailed thermal analysis of solid rocket motor components • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams • Interface with customers and drive technical excellence • Apply engineering techniques to design, install, modify, analyze, repair, and test mechanically functioning equipment • Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports • Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information • Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements • Specify system components or direct product modifications to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications • Investigate equipment failures and difficulties, diagnose faulty operation, and make recommendations to maintenance crews • Size internal insulation, external thermal protection systems, and structural insulators • Validate models with test data and develop predictive ablation and erosion models • Define sub-scale tests for characterizing insulator and ablator material properties • Evaluate and recommend ablative materials and thermal protection system solutions for solid rocket motor applications • Create reports and presentations documenting analysis and supporting work • Present to peers and customers in design reviews

🎯 Requirements

• Associate's Degree and 10-12 years' experience • Engineering degree required • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) • Oral and written communication skills • Ability to meet deadlines • Interpersonal skills • Problem-solving skills • Analytical thinking skills • Applied mechanics • Design engineering • Design optimization • Design review • Mechanical engineering • Prototyping • Requirements engineering/analysis • CAD software • Computer-aided engineering (CAE) software • Up to 25% travel likely • Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods • Requires regular movement throughout GD-OTS facilities • May need to stand for long periods • Work may require working inside and outside with exposure to changing climate and/or operating machinery

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits • Career development and recognition programs • Paid holidays • 120 hours of PTO annually • Up to 3 weeks paid family leave • 9/80 schedule • Remote work option or work at Huntsville, AL or Hampton, AR facility