Flight to Shipboard Integration Engineer

💼What You'll Do

• Serve as critical technical contributor reporting to the LOC Missile System Integration Section Head on interface design between the flight vehicle and the submarine.
• Supports system integration efforts across fight vehicle, control, fire control, and launch subsystems
• Oversee the development of flight vehicle simulators including high fidelity guidance test sets (GTS).
• Serve as the lead liaison between the flight vehicle and shipboard branches.
• Support Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital thread/twin management, and configuration control.
• Ensure design integrity through requirements traceability, verification, and validation processes.
• Plan and execute flight system to payload integration activities, ensuring clear hand offs between flight and shipboard integration work streams.
• Lead hardware in the loop (HWIL) and software in the loop (SWIL) verification of the flight to shipboard interface; define test procedures, success criteria, and analyze results.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate/enable technical risks/opportunities specific to the payload interface; track mitigation/enabling actions.
• Provide technical input to Engineering Review Boards (ERB), technical Risk and Opportunities Management Boards (TRMB), and Configuration Control Boards (CCB) as the flight to shipboard interface subject matter expert.
• Contribute fight system to shipboard interface content to the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), Mission Assurance Plan, and Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).
• Assist in the oversight of Integration and Test efforts for the LOC missile inclusive of hardware, instrumentation, data-collection, post-test analysis, and ship-integration
• Prepare and present flight to shipboard integration status for major technical and programmatic LOC reviews.
• Advise and contribute on flight system cost/schedule/technical trade-offs, and its documentation.

🧠What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related discipline).
• Minimum 7 years of defense related systems engineering experience on missile or aerospace MDAPs.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with Naval shipboard systems or mission planning.
• Strong communications skills and an ability to communicate complex subject matter to a non-technical
• Active Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret / SCI.

⭐Bonus Points

• Master’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, or related field.
• 10 years of defense related systems engineering experience on missile or aerospace MDAPs.
• Experience working onboard Virginia Class Submarines, with the Tomahawk Weapons System, or with Tomahawk Mission Planning.
• DAWIA Advanced Certification in Engineering or Program Management.
• Experience supporting nuclear-capable or strategic missile programs.
• Sea-Launch Platform Experience such as SSN, SSBN, and SSGN
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Additional Information:

This position requires regular interaction with senior DoW, FFRDC, and industry leadership. Travel (~ 50%) to test ranges, contractor facilities, weapons facilities, and government labs is required to support technical and programmatic reviews, integration events, and milestone readiness assessments.