Mechanical Engineer (Air Vehicle)

Torch Technologies, Inc.; Valparaiso (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Flexible spending accounts

Health Saving Accounts

Health Reimbursement Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Education assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Torch Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support the Air Vehicle team at Eglin AFB, FL.

The role requires strong collaboration across teams, evaluating vendor analyses, and ensuring airworthiness, safety, and performance throughout the program lifecycle. The candidate must hold a Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, systems or an equivalent engineering discipline, possess a SECRET clearance (TOP SECRET eligible), and be prepared for a full-time on-site assignment with

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, systems or equivalent.
• Active SECRET DoD security clearance required at hire and TOP SECRET eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide engineering recommendations on vendor's change notices, corrective actions, and design changes.
• Ensure design changes meet or improve system performance and requirements.
• Review and provide technical recommendations for contractor deliverables (e.g. variances, test plans, test reports).
• Perform independent assessment of vendor analyses, models, and tests for airworthiness and system verification.
• Determine and characterize impacts or risks to airworthiness, safety, or system performance.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active SECRET DoD clearance

TOP SECRET eligibility

Education

Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, systems or equivalent engineering

Job description

Torch Technologies Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us! Torch Technologies is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support our Air Vehicle team within the Eglin AFB System Program Office (SPO).

Responsibilities

• Review and provide engineering recommendations on vendor's change notices, short-term and long-term corrective actions, and design changes.
• Ensures design changes met or improve system performance and requirements.
• Review and provide technical recommendations for contractor deliverables (e.g. request for variances, test plans, test reports).
• Perform independent assessment of vendor’s analyses, models, and test for airworthiness, system integration, and design verification events.
• Assess Technical Data Package (TDP) non-conformances.
• Determine and characterize impacts or risk to airworthiness, safety, test objectives, system functionality or performance.
• Determine appropriate verification methods, with vendor, for system and subsystem performance specifications.
• Provide engineering rationale for verification methods, data collection, and fulfillment of requirement(s) during Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and System Verification Review (SVR).
• Communicate effectively through written, verbal, and presentation methods.
• Manage tasks and effectively collaborate with multiple teams, organizations, and stakeholders for engineering dispositions and joint-test activities.
• Communicate concerns, risks, and engineering recommendations to leadership for successful disposition of engineering products and on-time execution of program schedule.
• Support Air Vehicle IPT at program office Risk Management Board, Configuration Control Board, CDRL Review Board, Variance Review Board, and other meetings as needed.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have a Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, systems or equivalent engineering discipline.
• Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of graduate degree.
• Must have at 10 years in mechanical engineering experience or equivalent.
• Must have an active SECRET DoW security clearance (required at hire).
• Must be eligible for a TOP SECRET clearance.
• This position requires candidates to possess a current Secret security clearance in order to access classified information.
• Inability to maintain a security clearance at the required level will result in a candidate being ineligible for this position.

Preferred Skills

• TS clearance preferred.
• Design or manufacturing experience is desired.
• System and subsystem qualification analysis and test experience is desired.
• Thermal engineering experience is desired.
• Program office experience is desired.

Schedule & Location

Schedule: Regular, Full Time

Work Location: Eglin AFB, FL

Travel: yes, 25%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

Benefits

• ESOP participation
• 401(k) match
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• Health Saving Accounts
• Health Reimbursement Accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• paid time off
• holidays

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Thank you for your interest in Torch Technologies. Torch Technologies is dedicated to providing superior research, development, and engineering services to the Department of Defense. As defense contractors, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. From the CEO's desk... When Bill Roark and Don Holder founded Torch in 2002, they knew that employees were the company's greatest asset. They believed that offering employees a stake in the outcome, by making them all owners, was critical to building a successful organization. I share that feeling. Bill and Don's original intent was fully achieved in 2011 when Torch converted to a 100 percent S-Corp ESOP. Since that time, the company has grown over ten-fold and gained national recognition for the success we have demonstrated as an employee-owned company. Today, Torch continues to respect the individual contributions of our employee-owners and to share the rewards of our success. In addition, we continue to foster an environment of employee recognition, respect, development, and comradery while striving to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We recognize that core to our company is a culture of trust with our employees, customers, business partners, and community. Our management team is committed to continue to earn that trust. This past year, Torch proudly announced that we were Certified Evergreen. A timely achievement for Torch employee-owners as they will celebrate Torch's 20th anniversary this October, becoming Certified Evergreen signifies that while Torch employee-owners can look back on Torch's past with pride, Torch is also looking forward. Becoming Certified Evergreen means that Torch has committed to finding ways to make 100 percent employee ownership sustainable so that Torch will remain a private company forever. Going forward, Torch will continue to evolve to address market and technology changes in order to become a major provider of cost-effective technical services and solutions to the Warfighter. We are making significant investments into facilities, equipment, business systems, and research to enable us to provide innovations and timely business services to our clients. We feel that always looking to improve our service is key to sustaining customer trust in the future. Likewise, we believe that continuing to share ownership is one of the ways we maintain employee trust and an unparalleled commitment to succeed. Combined, these timeless principles form the basis of the Torch culture. A culture that we are committed to continue and strive to pass on to the next generation of employee-owners as an Evergreen Company.