Sr. Mechanical Engineer; Flight Hardware Development

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** Sr. Mechanical Engineer (Flight Hardware Development)
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The Senior Mechanical Engineer will participate in the development of the hardware components of ground and flight hardware systems that will contribute to accomplishing NASA's mission. This hardware is to be used primarily to maintain the health and well-being of astronauts or conduct experiments on the International Space Station and exploration. The Senior Mechanical Engineer is expected to have high aptitude in mechanical design;

concern with producing hardware of the highest quality; and have the capacity to understand and utilize the major concepts of mechanical engineering as well as having a general understanding of the integration of Mechanical engineering principles that will enable the successful interface with engineers performing work in these disciplines.
The Senior Mechanical Engineer is expected to:
1) Have extensive knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices and be able to apply that knowledge to make independent decisions on a broad range of space-related engineering problems
2) Independently evaluate, select, and apply standard and advanced engineering techniques, procedures and criteria and use judgement to make decisions to provide engineering solutions to problems. The Senior Mechanical will receive technical guidance on unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval on proposed plans for projects.
3) Serve in technical leadership roles
4) Have work reviewed to ensure sound profession judgment has been employed and participate in the review of others work to ensure the quality of that work
5) Perform mechanical engineering work including, but not limited to, requirements generation and definition, hardware conceptual design and test, hardware design and test, hardware detailed design and test, hardware, assembly/fabrication, hardware acceptance and qualification test support, hardware operations support for assigned projects in the Design Engineering and Fabrication Section.
6) Receive instructions on specific assignment objectives, complex features, and possible solutions and work with limited to minimal supervision.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES  
• Responsible for compliance with Safety, Health, and Environmental plan; must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and the Company's safety policies/rules. Must be willing to report safety violations and potential safety violations to appropriate supervisory or management personnel.  
• Responsible for compliance with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures  
• Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance level as determined by the Company  
• Responsible for completing all assigned training  
• Know and adhere to company policies, procedures, and work rules, demonstrate a strong work ethic and demonstrate involvement and commitment to the continuous improvement process  
• Commitments are met, and all are done to the highest quality standards.  
• Follow established procedures and generate finished work products under time and budgetary constraints and ensures product yields the expected outcome and meets established quality levels.  
• Ability to work within a team environment  
• Ability to understand and execute process and procedures  
• Well-developed skills in both written and verbal communication  
• Mentoring of younger design engineers  
• Provide design review oversight and guidance to engineers for projects assigned.  
• Perform assigned tasks in requirements/specifications generation and definition, hardware conceptual research, design and test, hardware preliminary design and test, hardware detailed design…