Mantech

ManTech seeks a highly talented Project Engineer specializing in Launch Vehicle Ground Support Equipment (GSE) & Infrastructure with skills and background related to launch vehicle manufacturing, quality assurance, and operations to help the Space Force redefine the future of Assured Access to Space (AATS), supporting the existing AATS United Launch Alliance (ULA) fleet and bringing new entrant Launch Service Providers into the Space Force AATS portfolio. This position is located at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in Lompoc, CA. This position supports United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Center (SSC) launch services for AATS missions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Areas of expertise:  Launch Vehicles (LVs), Cryogenic Systems, Electrical/Mechanical/Pneumatic Ground Systems (E/M/PGSE), Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs), LV Liquid Rocket Engines (LREs), Ordnance, Structures, Launch Operations, Avionics, or LV and launch systems software.

• Plan, coordinate, participate, lead Engineering Review Boards, provide risk assessments and technical recommendations. Prepare status and readiness review packages including risk recommendations and mitigations. 

• Perform systems engineering functions such as requirements definition, design review, test review, pedigree, hardware acceptance, verification, operations, and post-flight analyses.

• Prepare Customer team for, and directly support, rehearsals and launch operations, including the anomaly resolution process.

• Perform technical and engineering data management, such as data mining and reporting. Prepare weekly and other written evaluations and reports of a technical nature.

• Collaborate with Aerospace Corporation, Launch Vehicle Contractors (LVCs), Launch Sites, production factories.

• Serve as authority in your technical specialization, support USSF customers in the preparation for and execution of Chief Engineer briefings, Weekly Status Reviews, and other SSC processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or STEM field.

• 12+ years systems engineering, technical program management, or other related experience.

• 3+ years of AATS, Launch/Range, DoD, NASA or industry equivalent launch or space systems project engineering experience.

• Knowledge/experience with LV systems (solid rockets motors, liquid propellant rocket engines and systems, ordnance, hydraulics, in-flight avionics, LV ground support equipment, LV structures, composite materials, etc.)

• Knowledge of USAF and NASA launch and range systems and operations.

• Ability to travel up to 50% of time to LAAFB (El Segundo, CA), and CCSFS (Florida), and other sites to support launch meetings and operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Atlas, Delta and/or Vulcan system design, manufacture, test, and operations preferred.

• Experience with USSF, NRO, NASA, and LV Contractors and subcontractors preferred.

• Experience with agile software products, such as Jira/Confluence, highly desired

• Competency in MS Office, Information Technology systems, and SharePoint-type databases

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. Not required to start.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.

• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, machine and computer printer.

• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.