Senior Production Engineer — Ground Combat Vehicles

DCS Corp; Sterling Heights, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp is seeking a Production Engineer for ground combat vehicles to support production, post-production management, and sustainment. You will interface with the USMC Program Office, CCDC-GVSC, and prime/sub-contractors to provide technical direction and risk mitigation.

The role requires development of briefs and white papers, evaluating contractor progress, and preparing information papers for leadership to stay aligned on critical projects with the PMO and USMC offices.

Qualifications

• 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).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Vehicle software integration

Production of large complex systems

Travel 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

DCS Corp is seeking a Production Engineer for ground combat vehicles to support production, post-production management, and sustainment. You will interface with the USMC Program Office, CCDC-GVSC, and prime/sub-contractors to provide technical direction and risk mitigation.

The role requires development of briefs and white papers, evaluating contractor progress, and preparing information papers for leadership to stay aligned on critical projects with the PMO and USMC offices.