Engineer VII

Job Summary

General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is a supplier of advanced electromagnetic systems, related power equipment and other high technology products for a variety of government and commercial applications. These include products such as the design and fabrication of linear motors, superconducting and conventional rotating motors, power inverters, high-energy capacitors, radiation monitoring systems, high-voltage direct current power distribution systems, and numerous other products.

We have an exciting opportunity in our Aerospace Engineering department for a Senior Integration, Assembly, and Test Engineer. This full-time position will serve as the IA&T Engineer for missile, satellite, projectile, and other weapon systems. The successful candidate will provide technical support to a multi-disciplinary team distributed between Huntsville, AL, Tupelo, MS, Centennial, CO, Fredericksburg, VA, and San Diego, CA. The IA&T Senior Engineer will support the project team through all phases of the design, development, integration, and test of the various systems.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBITIES:

• Develop system test plans, execute ground and flight tests, and document test results.

• Develop test plans with mission relatable, requirements traceable, and intuitively testable metrics along with a scope and method to evaluate systems.

• Determine, communicate, document the test objectives, and develop test procedures accordingly.

• Support technical interchanges for test activities on major weapon system and satellite demonstration programs acting as the primary interface with national test ranges, range safety offices, and other test related organizations.

• Lead test readiness reviews, test event briefs, and post-test debriefs.

• Provide on-site test management, data collection, and configuration control.

• Debrief engineering and management team on results of tests.

• Capture test failure details in deficiency reports.

• Provide technical support to responsible engineers and communicate post-test results.

• Estimate time required to conduct testing and complete assigned tasks within project schedule.

• Facilitate rapid resolution of test delays that impact tasks including real-time, thorough communication with task leads, program management and other leadership, as required.

• Collaborate daily with GA and customer engineering and program management teams.

• Provided documentation and makes technical presentations, as required.

• Support development, review, and editing of technical documents including test plans, procedures, and reports; pretest briefings.

• Lead test events by capturing system test requirements; providing clear verbal direction to test team during tests; recording test failures; and reporting test results.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply