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TWT Project Engineer
NR Consulting LLC
- 🇺🇸 United States
- On-site
- 11 hours ago
- Electron
- Beam
- CAD
- Lean Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office Applications
11 hours ago
Job Location: Torrance, CA
Salary: $80,000-$160,000/yr DOE and Level
Responsibilities
Observe, evaluate and troubleshoot existing production problems
Develop an overarching understanding of the manufacturing and testing processes that go into the vacuum hardware and RF / TWT / MPM testing
Lead engineering efforts
Support operations personnel on day-to-day production needs
Support program management on technical issues and customer relations
Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop or troubleshoot designs to meet performance, cost and schedule metrics
Support bid and proposal activities, including analyzing customer specifications to evaluate feasibility and cost
Anticipate and translate customer needs into engineering metrics
Specify components and/or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications
Communicate effectively with vendors, customers, and other Company personnel
Perform modeling and design engineer tasks on current or future products
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline is required. A master's degree in one of these disciplines a plus
Relevant engineering experience that includes a combination of or equivalent experience in: production or development support, electromechanical design, radar or RF systems, electron beam or vacuum equipment, systems or project engineering is preferred. Years required per level are:
Level II: a minimum of 2 years
Level III: a minimum of 4 years
Level IV: a minimum of 6 years
An advanced degree in a relevant field can be considered sufficient experience in lieu of professional experience depending on the degree. Other qualifications that will enable you to perform successfully in this position include:
Project or system engineering with hands on experience preferred
Knowledge of the design, manufacturing or testing of RF and/or vacuum technologies is massive plus, with emphasis on TWTs
Experience working with engineering drawings or CAD software
Experience with manufacturing a plus, specifically in the fields of dispenser cathodes, vacuum hardware, brazing, RF systems, system integration and general mechanical packaging.
Understanding of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles a plus
Effective verbal and written communication skills are needed, with experience presenting to internal and/or external customers a plus
Experience in interpreting customer specifications into test requirement and comparing against test data
Must be able to work well in a team environment and with individuals from a variety of areas within the company (such as program managers, engineers from multiple disciplines, business development staff, senior management, and manufacturing and test personnel)
Understanding of computer modeling and simulation a plus
Computer programming skills a plus
Previous experience in root cause analysis efforts a bonus
Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications is necessary
Active or previous security clearance preferred
TWT Project Engineer · NR Consulting LLC