Lead Aerospace Engineer Job in Phoenix Arizona (AZ)

A growing company is looking for a Lead Aerospace Engineer position to serve as PI on R/D programs in their Tucson office. We are looking for candidates nationwide willing to relocate to the Tucson, Arizona area. Once again, the position is in Tucson, AZ. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and test a variety of aerospace systems and components; independently apply solutions of large scope and complexity, and competently perform and solve complex and involved assignments. The lead must understand completely and apply principles, concepts, practices, and standards with a full and competent knowledge of engineering, industry, and company practices.

Specific Functions:

• Continue to develop technical excellence in required specialty
• Lead a team of 5-15 persons to perform the design, analysis, and realization of a product of moderate complexity
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Represent organization to internal and external customers on specific projects/teams
• Make design recommendations and set baselines based on trade studies, analyses, and design reviews
• Prepare periodic reports, presentations, and records on project activities, progress, status, or other special reports for management or outside agencies
• Propose new internal research and development projects that support strategic goals

• Ability to serve as Project Lead or Project Manager
• Master's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent field with at least 8 years of experience with system and/or flight/operational hardware development experience in the aerospace/defense industry or a PhD degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent field and 5-10 years with system and/or hardware development experience in the aerospace/defense industry
• Knowledge and experience on aerospace/defense projects from requirements definition to build and test in at least one of the following discipline areas: Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), Component Hardware or System Design, Thermal Control Component Hardware or System Design or Regenerative Fuel Cells
• Demonstrated technical ability to perform engineering analyses in at least one the following areas: three phase heat transfer, sublimation heat transfer, high temperature material/mechanical design and solid oxide electrochemical devices or membrane technologies for hydration or separation
• Recognition among peers in the industry as competent and thorough; as evidenced by published work or other relevant technical publications
• Experience with Thermal or ECLSS is required
• Knowledge of equipment and systems appropriate to related discipline
• Knowledge of proposal processes
• Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting for proposals
• Skill in applying engineering principles and procedures
• Skill in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Skill in engineering design applications
• Ability to break down large engineering tasks into discrete tasks for less senior engineering personnel
• Ability to quickly evaluate Junior Engineer's designs and concepts and provide expert advice that will enhance the resulting designs