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About This Role

We believe people should love what they do, and this position provides an opportunity to do just that.

This position will be part of the Systems Integration and Test (SIT) Engineering team focusing on supporting the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), next generation hovercraft program.  Primary duties would be supporting the rollout of production crafts into testing; troubleshooting a variety of multi-discipline, complex issues throughout testing and systems integration; driving continuous improvement through feedback to design/quality/manufacturing and root cause analysis (RCA); and supporting fielded crafts in concert with our Navy customer.

You will be part of highly skilled, multi-discipline engineering team and, as such, will need the ability to effectively interface and communicate with other team members and across engineering disciplines.  This also extends out to the broader team of pilots, test conductors, technicians, and other engineering groups. You will have the opportunity to travel and to contribute to the effectiveness and reliability of systems that are saving lives and protecting our warfighters. 

 Responsibilities

• Review engineering system designs:  models, drawings, design intents, and specifications for assessment of systems
• Support the Navy customer to maximize uptime and minimize recurrence of issues.
• Create, maintain, and communicate thorough technical documentation on all efforts
• Analyze and maintain interface control documents and other technical documents required to troubleshoot the craft
• Familiarize and analyze applicable MIL-STD, MIL-DTL, MIL-HDBK, and similar standards documentation related to SSC design
• Attend meetings to deliver, schedule, and review technical status
• Independently assess complex issues crossing multiple craft systems
• Apply methodical processes and documentation to resolve issues
• Analyze electrical, mechanical drawings, and apply data to ongoing troubleshooting
• Analyze textual vendor and customer documentation and apply to ongoing troubleshooting
• Develop imaginative, thorough, practicable technical solutions to a wide range of difficult system-of-systems problems
• Serve as a technical resource to others within the work group, department, and the organization.
• Conduct liaison activities with subcontractors and external manufacturers, as well as internal and external customers at all levels.

Qualifications

Education:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related engineering discipline from an ABET accredited university 

Position Requirements:

• Two plus (2 ) years of relevant or leverageable experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including preparation of design documentation
• Effective presentation skills
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio)
• Secret eligibility required
• Ability to interact effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Must have demonstrated the ability to successfully initiate and carry to completion assignments of major responsibility and of the most complex and technical nature.
• Ability to adapt and learn new technical information in a targeted manner that may be outside of a single discipline to fully understand and troubleshoot multi-disciplinary systems
• Ability to work independently, learn new tasks/handle multiple tasks, solve problems, meet deadlines, and show strong self-motivation and initiative.
• Ability to maintain a positive outlook and stay solution driven under high pressure

Preferred Skills:

• Active Secret Clearance
• Object oriented programming (Java, Python)
• Data Analysis experience using large datasets and databases to solve problems
• Familiarity with control theory and applications
• Experience with custom engineering system design and troubleshooting with minimal off-the-self parts
• Experience with turbine engines, turboshaft engines optimal
• Scripting in LINUX and Windows operating systems
• Hands on mechanical troubleshooting experience
• Hands on electrical troubleshooting experience
• General understanding of and ability to work with serial and network communication protocols
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies (fishbone, why-why, etc.)
• Experience with Reliability analysis and improvement methods (MTBF, MTTR, etc.)
• Experience with flight control systems, directly with Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) experience is optimal.
• Experience with military sites and systems

How We Care

At Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples!

 - Flexible Work Schedules

 - Education Assistance

 - Career Development & Training Opportunities

 - Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)

 - Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding

 - Paid Parental Leave

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Textron's products and services are trusted everyday by those who protect our country.  We are dedicated to hiring these Veterans and aim to translate their skills to make an impact on our Company.