Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is a global leader in the design, engineering, and production of munitions, energetics, weapons, armaments, and missile subsystems. The company is seeking a Senior Principal R&D Engineer - SRM Ballistician to develop rocket motor concepts, refine grain and nozzle designs, optimize ballistic performance, lead testing and qualification activities, analyze motor data, and oversee manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities
- Recognized as an expert within the company and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function
- Solves unique problems that have a broad impact on the business
- Contributes to the development of organization functional strategy
- Progression to this level is typically restricted on the basis of business requirements
- Consistent exercise of discretion & judgment
- Conducts research, design, and development activities with the goal of developing new or improved products, processes, or services
- Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability
- Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings
- Conducts market research, tracks projects, builds spreadsheets evaluating trade space, designs presentation slides, and executes business-oriented tasks
- Draws on technical background to learn complex systems, systems of systems, and technologies needed to understand products and services; then, applies a creative and open-minded approach to problem solve, seeking and finding new robust solutions
- Evolves business strategy through assimilation of new technology, evaluating competition, researching industry movement, road-mapping, and conducting SWOTs
- Conducts initial business case evaluations, building strategy and identifying value propositions mutually beneficial to the business and customer alike (e.g. differentiation, price to win, etc.)
- Summarizes research results and communicates findings to internal and external bodies
- Develops technical documentation for all projects
- Requires the use of advanced techniques and the modification or extension of theories, concepts, and practices
- Develop: Create rocket motor concepts to meet customer requirements
- Design and Analysis: Refine grain geometries and optimize burn rates, thrust and pressure curves in collaboration with other stakeholders
- Testing & Qualification: Lead static fire test campaigns and ground-based prototyping. Analyze test data to validate performance and investigate any anomalies
- Data Reduction: Reduce strand burner, subscale and fullscale motor data to determine burn rate properties of propellants
- Manufacturing Oversight: Oversee propellant casting, curing cycles, and review of tool designs
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time
- Requires regular movement throughout GD-OTS facilities
- Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential
- Up to 25% travel likely
Skills
- Associate's Degree and 10-12 years' experience
- Engineering degree required
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Product innovation
- Product intelligence
- Product research
- Project scoping
- Quantitative research
- Research and development
- Research documentation
- Oral and written communication skills
- Critical thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time
- Requires regular movement throughout GD-OTS facilities
- Up to 25% travel likely
- Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
- Remote work option or work at the Huntsville, AL or Hampton, AR facility
- 9/80 schedule
- Eligibility to participate in the Company’s Incentive Compensation Program
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Pre-tax spending accounts
- 401k plan
- Non-Contributory Retirement Contribution
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Enhanced Legal Services
- Auto and Home Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Educational Assistance
- Paid holidays
- 120 hours of PTO annually
- Up to 3 weeks of paid family leave
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