SENIOR CAPITAL ENGINEER

Job Description:

As a Lead Mechanical Engineer, you are a technical leader across multidisciplinary teams of engineers to create the best overall system design including thermal design, analysis, and test of complex systems operating in harsh space and ground environments. Lead engineers possess in-depth understanding of aerospace thermal engineering technology and payload architectures for spacecraft sub-systems and instruments. These talents are used to direct and oversee teams who specialize in conductive, convective, and radiative analyses, understanding of heat pipes, radiative heat transfer, and thermal control hardware design (thermal blankets, surface treatments, heater tapes, thermistors) and the interaction with optical structures in order to minimize optical errors, and achieve operational temperatures. Lead engineers proficiently utilize state of the art custom software in conjunction with Thermal Desktop and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) packages and often mentor other Thermal Analysts in the use of such tools.

Essential Functions:

• Knowledge of system level thermal design & development, payload level integration and test, and risk mitigation for space-based environments
• Create and analyze design concepts using FEA & thermal analysis software.
• Organization of thermal design and analysis as an IPT lead; frequently interfacing directly with customer technical leads and management.
• Documenting and presenting design & analysis results to customers at formal gate and design reviews.
• Development of thermal test plans to manufacture and test payload sensor systems.
• Support new business opportunities and mentor junior level staff.
• Perform thermal design and analysis tasks on complex mechanical hardware including precision mechanisms, electro-mechanical devices, aerospace mechanism design, complex electronics packaging, supporting space-based deployable mechanisms, avionics, innovative thermal and ground based systems.
• Program support also includes requirements derivation and verification, system architecture development, loads derivation, trade studies, design sensitivity/optimization studies, preliminary and final design analysis, generation of analysis documentation (including presentation materials, and deliverable data packages), and leading system test activities.
• Work multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing situations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Proficiency in thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop (preferred), Sinda, Thermal Fluent, Icepak, etc.
• Experience with thermal vacuum testing.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with thermal analysis of mechanical and electronic systems, in space, air or ground environments.
• Strong analytical skills with emphasis on using and/or directing finite element analysis (FEA).
• Experience with finite element analysis software.
• Able to support design decisions with well documented engineering analyses and calculations.
• Able to analyze problems and to focus and drive down to the root cause of problems quickly.
• Experience as a lead engineer, project engineer, or IPT lead is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft office tools, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Active Secret Clearance.

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS [note: bold skills and certification are required]
Thermal desktop software experience required
Experience with thermal vacuum testing

Security Clearance Required: No

Visa Candidate Considered: No

JOB DETAIL

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join the company's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in the company's food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Sr. Capital Project Engineer will plan, support, and where applicable, execute engineering deliverables for one or more of our broad core technology or engineering area. We seek a professional who has strong experience in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. This person will develop and apply engineering standards and procedures, providing advice on issues within the engineering field. Corn milling experience is preferred.

Key Accountabilities

Strong experience with evaporators, filtering, pumps and pipe sizing

Plan, design and estimate time and cost, overseeing construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems and components.

Analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures.

Design and improve manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment, testing manufactured products to maintain quality.

Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree OR equivalent experience

Minimum of four years of related work experience

Capital project experience

Schedule budget and scope development capability

Third-party contractor management experience

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Corn milling operations experience

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

Security Clearance Required: No

Visa Candidate Considered: No