Description
Leidos has an excellent opportunity for a Design Engineer to work on the Cargo Mission Contract (CMC) in support of ISS and Artemis programs. In this position, the employee will be located in our Leidos facility in Webster, Texas. Some domestic and international travel may be required. This role also has the opportunity to support Leidos Commercial work for space flight hardware. The CMC team works with commercial software such as IBM Maximo, Creo, Microsoft (MS) Project, and MS SharePoint, in addition to CMC custom software. This position will provide hands on fabrication support of foam, plastic, and textile products to our cargo and engineering teams through use of hand tools, additive manufacturing, and CNC machining. Support of tests and other activities may be required outside of normal working hours.
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Per the contract, U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency is required. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work independently and in a team environment to analyze requirements from the NASA customer and develop design solutions
- Support manufacturing team with CNC programming and fabrication
- Design, develop, test, handle implementation and analysis of technical products and systems
- Perform engineering design evaluations and trade studies, present findings to leadership and customers
- Produce engineering drawings conforming to JPR 8500/ ASME Y14.5 and other applicable NASA standards
- Release and store drawings and CAD models in the NASA JEDII repository
- Prepare and present designs at various design reviews
- Coordinate and oversee manufacturing work with internal and external vendors
- Produce other required design documentation as required
- Evaluate designs for cost and manufacturability
- Optimizing designs to minimize cost and schedule impacts
- Communicate with internal and client project team members. Work to influence team members regarding solution design, process and/or approaches
- Support hardware development projects to certify, flight-configure, and deliver new hardware for spaceflight
- Create and maintain project resource-loaded schedules in MS Project Professional
- Develop basis-of-estimates (BOEs) for new on-contract growth
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, and relevant experience
- Experience designing simple to complex electro-mechanical designs
- Experience working with multi-discipline teams and customers
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with presenting technical and financial project status to large groups such as technical NASA boards
- Experience in operating CNC routers
- Experience in additive manufacturing
- Must have the ability to produce drawings conforming to ASME Y14.5
- Must have experience using PTC CREO CAD software
- Must have strong knowledge of machine shop processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarization with JSC Engineering Drawing System Manual (JPR 8500)
- Familiarization with JSC Fabrication Tolerances and Practices (SKZ36103755)
- Experience designing flight hardware and creating drawings for NASA/JSC based projects
- Experience with Maximo Inventory Management System
- Experience using PTC WINDCHILL
- Experience mockup fabrication for the NASA community
Original Posting:
March 6, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $55,250.00 - $99,875.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.