Sr. Engineer

$105,700 - $161,200/Yr

Virgin Galactic - Tustin, CA

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Tustin, CA
Air Transportation

About the position

As a Senior Test Engineer within our Test & Evaluation Program Team, you will play a crucial role in the planning, integration, and execution of one or more Test & Evaluation projects on the Spaceship Delta Program. This position is pivotal as Test & Evaluation projects necessitate the delivery of test results across a variety of engineering disciplines, including but not limited to structures, materials, mechanical systems, avionics, and flight controls. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring that these projects meet their technical, cost, and schedule objectives, thereby contributing to the overall success of the program. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering products that align with the established project goals. You will support the successful development of project plans, which includes establishing baselines and ensuring execution within the approved cost, schedule, and scope. Leveraging your extensive experience, you will assist the Virgin Galactic team in refining and deploying test processes that are aligned with industry best practices. Collaboration will be key, as you will work closely with various organizations across the company, including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business/Cost Management, and Quality, to ensure the effective execution of your projects. This position reports directly to the Test & Evaluation Engineering Manager on the Spaceship Delta program, providing you with the opportunity to lead and influence the direction of critical aerospace projects.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and deliver products that achieve technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
  • Support the successful development of project plans, including baselining, and execution within the approved baseline cost, schedule, and scope.
  • Leverage your experience to help the Virgin Galactic team refine and deploy test processes aligned with industry best practices.
  • Collaborate with other organizations across the company (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business/Cost Management, Quality, etc) as required to ensure execution of your projects.

Requirements

  • Minimum of a B.S. in Engineering or technical discipline from an accredited university
  • Minimum 9 years of experience with the design, development, integration, and testing of aerospace systems products
  • Hands-on experience in systems test lab environment
  • Proven leadership experience on a product development and/or test team
  • Demonstrated success leading aerospace development projects
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Aerospace test practices including component acceptance and qualification, structural validation, environmental testing, instrumentation, and data acquisition.
  • Full Scale / Large Scale testing of primary structure in a FAR 23/25 or DoD environment.
  • Aircraft systems development and/or testing per DO-254 and DO-178
  • Environmental Qualification standards such as DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461/464, MIL-STD-704.

Benefits

  • Full range of medical benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Other benefits dependent on the position offered
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