Senior Staff Chief Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Deliver expert technical guidance, analysis, and solution development for customer projects that involve advanced propulsion technologies.

• Assist in conducting feasibility studies, performance assessments, certification support, and optimization of propulsion architectures.

• Lead analyses of propulsion systems that encompass thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, structural, and control disciplines.

• Create and validate performance models.

• Execute trade studies on advanced tactical propulsion system concepts.

• Act as a voting member on design and testing engineering review boards.

• Mentor and coach engineers within the team.

• Define work scopes, deliverables, and schedules while managing daily execution to meet client milestones.

• Generate technical reports, presentations, and conduct design reviews.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure cohesive propulsion solutions.

• Serve as the primary technical liaison for customer engineering teams.

• Facilitate workshops, webinars, and training sessions on propulsion best practices and emerging technologies.

• Translate client requirements into actionable engineering tasks and propose innovative concepts.

• Contribute to proposal writing, cost estimations, and technical scoping for new consulting projects.

• Identify service expansion opportunities and present them to senior leadership.

• Support internal research and development initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related field with at least 20 years of hands-on propulsion engineering experience; or a Master's degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 18 years of experience.

• Expertise in propulsion analysis software and tools.

• Strong proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, Excel, or comparable scripting tools for data analysis.

• Familiarity with propulsion system design standards such as ASME, SAE, NASA, and ICAO.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

• United States Secret Clearance is required to begin.

• U.S. Citizenship is a prerequisite for obtaining the clearance.

• Preferred: 25 years of experience in tactical solid rocket motor propulsion design and development.

• Preferred: Direct experience with next-generation propulsion technologies, including Highly Loaded and Solid Fuel Ram Jets.

• Preferred: Experience in providing consulting services within a matrixed, multi-client environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.

• A discretionary bonus may be available in addition to base salary.

• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and share in company outcomes.

• Health insurance coverage is provided.

• Life and disability insurance is included.

• Savings plan options are available.

• Company-paid holidays are offered.

• Paid time off (PTO) is available for vacation and/or personal business.