Production Engineer

DCS Corp; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp is seeking a Production Engineer for ground combat vehicle programs in the United States. The role interfaces with the USMC Program Office, the Army CCDC-GVSC, and prime contractors to provide technical direction, solve production and sustainment problems, and support fielded systems.

You will manage production and post-production activities, develop briefs and white papers on risks, and collaborate with government and industry partners to ensure timely fielding and readiness.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen with DoD eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8+ years of experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance.
• Experience integrating vehicle software onto a vehicle and with production of large complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a combined project team of government and contract employees located in multiple locations to meet delivery dates for fielding requirements.
• Provide engineering support regarding production and process improvement for Combat Vehicle systems planning, design, development, and execution.
• Conduct requirement development and decomposition from higher level specifications and voice of the customer.
• Collaborate with USMC customer and DCS Engineers in a team environment.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production-related vehicle issues; perform risk management and cost analysis.

Skills

US citizenship

8+ years engineering experience

DoD Secret clearance

Vehicle software integration

Production of large complex systems

Travel 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace)

Job description

Production Engineer with ground combat vehicles, supporting ground combat vehicles, will interface with United State Marine Corps Program Office, US Army Combat Capability Development Center - Ground Vehicle System Center (CCDC-GVSC), other government agencies and the Prime Contractors along with the sub-contractors in order to provide technical support and direction. The engineer will provide problem solving skills related to development, production, field problems and sustainment.

The candidate will be responsible for production and post-production management on a ground combat vehicle.

The individual will assess risk and propose mitigation steps to the PMO and Engineering leadership. The individual should be able to develop briefs and white papers summarizing the risks for the systems and subsystems they are assigned.

The candidate will evaluate the progress of contractors against the tailored entry/exit criteria for design reviews.

The candidate should be able to prepare information papers for the projects assigned in order to keep the PMO and engineering leadership updated on the status on critical projects, respond to questions, and prepare them for meetings with the PAE MC, other USMC offices and Industry.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead a combined project team of government and contract employees located in many different locations while meeting directed delivery dates to meet fielding requirements.
• Provide engineering support regarding production and process improvement support to Combat Vehicle systems planning, design, development, and execution.
• Conduct requirement development and decomposition from higher level specifications and voice of the customer.
• Work in a team environment with our USMC customer and DCS Engineers.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve problems encountered with vehicle production issues.
• Conduct system engineering tasks to include risk management, data management, and trade study analysis.
• Conduct Project Management tasks including WBS Development, IMP, IMS and cost analysis.
• Develop Subject Matter Expertise on a variety of combat vehicle subsystems.

Required Skills:

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace) with 8 years of experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Experience in vehicle software integration onto a vehicle.
• Experience with production of large complex systems.
• Ability to travel to various customer and contractor facilities and test centers (20% Travel).

Desired Skills:

• Experience with production of ground combat vehicles systems.
• Familiar with Systems Engineering and DoD Acquisition processes.
• Familiar with systems/subsystems for Ground Combat Vehicles.
• Experience in industrial engineering and process improvement.