Total 155 Engineering job vacancies in Edwards AFB, California

• Leads and performs professional engineering analysis of aerospace properties and flight mechanics of foreign aerospace, aerodynamic, and ballistic weapon systems.
• Provides Intelligence support to enable military operations, force modernization, and policy making. Serves as an interface and interacts with DoD customers, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other US Intelligence Centers, and foreign allies to develop and define threat modeling and simulation (M&S) requirements and to meet those requirements in an efficient and effective manner.
• Serves as an engineering consultant and technical expert to government officials, foreign partners, and government contractors.
• Represents NASIC at various DoD, DOE, DHS, national and international level working groups to advocate NASIC's position on the characterization of threat weapons and to collaborate or support work involving modeling and simulation.

• Plans, organizes, and oversees assigned activities in the Environmental or Asset Management Division.
• Exercises program and project management responsibilities
• Represents the Environmental or Asset Management Division with a variety of USAF/DoD organizations, groups, teams, or committees.
• Communicates and coordinates environmental issues with higher headquarters, regulatory agencies, other installation units, community officials, etc.
• Participates in the development and execution of the environmental budget and preparation of planning, programming, and budgeting system (PPBS) documentation in support of environmental Quality Branch.

• Performs planning and design work for substantial multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of engineering.
  
• Manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities and maintains surveillance over construction contractors utilizing a professional knowledge of general engineering and knowledge of architecture to ensure overall compliance with contracted specifications, schedules, etc.
  
• Plans, programs, budgets, and executes required projects in support of assigned programs. Performs work in facilities operations and maintenance (O&M) functions.
  
• Provides consulting services and project coordination. Coordinates projects with other engineers in a variety of disciplines, architects, and planners as well as contracting officers, tenant organization representatives, and construction agents
  
• Collects data and evaluates factors which affect the application of concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to observe, examine, measure, analyze, map, and describe physical and technical features and phenomena.
  
• Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

• You will perform aerodynamic design/analysis, flight control design and algorithms, generate drawings, document specifications and interfaces, fabricate prototypes, implement system modifications, and perform system integration and test.
• You will support the sustainment of ongoing legacy target systems or engage in the development and introduction of new targets by assisting in the review of requirements, establishing specifications, and providing technical inputs.
• You will perform software engineering life-cycle tasks from architecture development, requirements analysis, design, and unit and system integration testing.
• You will perform target system engineering and integration, analysis and evaluation of technical data from flight, ground, and laboratory events to support engineering investigations and determine major program decisions.
• You will provide target system engineering support to major operations, including managing resources, coordinating user requirements and logistics, site activation, and ensuring approvals are in place.

• Identifies strategic objectives for the organization; obtains required resources; defines jobs, selects employees, assigns work, and defines technical work requirements and milestones.
• Leads, determines, and analyzes work requirements within the Branch. Assigns work based on capabilities and experience of individual employees.
• Oversees the planning and execution of manufacturing and production of flight hardware, ground support equipment, assemblies, and components.
• Serves as an advisor to manufacturers, engineers, management, related organizations, or contractor personnel, giving authoritative advice relative to design, fabrication, and testing.
• Serves as a lead engineering technician, delegating work to team members based on their skills, while providing expert guidance, mentorship, spot checks, and advice to them, serving as both a role model and advocate for the team.
• Communicates with branch leadership and research teams to establish priorities and plans to ensure mission success.
• Works directly with aerospace engineers and scientists in the design, development, and manufacture of complex projects, such as prototype research flight articles developmental instrumentation, aerospace models and related equipment.
• Performs a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASAs commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

• Works under the general supervision of the Section Chief, who provides work assignments on a functional and program basis and establishes overall objectives.
• Incumbent works with a high degree of independence and personal initiative in establishing scope of studies, methodologies, and schedule.
• Incumbent interprets, applies, and issues guidance in subject matter specialty within parameters of Corps regulations, policies, and precedents, public laws, and agreements with other Federal, State, and local entities.
• Keeps supervisor informed of progress, problems encountered and major policy issues.
• Incumbent is fully responsible for technical adequacy of engineering advice provided during contacts with District, sponsor, and contractor personnel.
• Technical conclusions, decisions, and recommendations are normally accepted and reviewed for attainment of overall objectives.

• Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised. Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Leads the effort to determine/tailor applicable Flight Termination System (FTS) design and testing requirements for flight projects.
• Ensures compliance with tailored FTS design and testing requirements. Responsible to develop and process FTS waivers.
• Provides flight projects with guidance on FTS design and testing requirements compliance, including associated components and/or assemblies. Assists in the development, integration, and operation of the flight vehicle's FTS to ensure compliance.
• Ensures discrepancies, anomalies, and failure of FTS components and subsystems during testing are appropriately addressed to the satisfaction of the Government.
• Leads the planning and coordination on an assigned flight project as the FTS Point of Contact to Government organizations and commercial companies in order to ensure full integration of technical and operational requirements.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to his/her discipline, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization. Assignments typically involves engineer to have knowledge of NAS Facilities, Facilities and Equipment Programs, and FAA organizations.

Represents assigned Center on matter requiring technical interpretation and guidance, as the senior technical
point of contact. He/she serves as the senior engineer for assigned projects/programs to all stakeholders
including management, other employees and external parties. Plans, coordinates and reviews engineering work
of the installaction activies.

Prioritizes and outlines work. Provides advice to solve technical problems.

Reviews work of other engineers for technical accuracy and adequacy. Assists Center personnel with resolving
all, but unique, engineering problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations, as the situation
requires. Provides constructive feedback and persuasion on project/program matters using effective
interpersonal skills and abilities. He/she organizes, coordinates and mentors the efforts of project engineers
supporting the program.

Leads the development of standardized implementation plans, processes templates, and activities within
assigned Engineering Center and/or program area. Works as a team with other Leads to deliver a consistent and efficient implementation produce across each Service Area.

Serves as the focal for gathering and integrating feedback into downstream sites and coordinating feedback with other Leads in the Service Area. Maintains consistency with applicable standards, procedures, and implementation methodologies.

Ensures project/program schedules are compatible with organizational objectives, support project/program
needs; and can be accomplished within available resources and funding. Oversees and monitors project interdependencies by assessing the impacts to project/programs due to new requirements, technologies, budget constraints, or changes.

Plans, coordinates, identifies resources, schedules, and tracks large-scale and/or multi-site engineering projects through completion. Prepares cost estimates and risk management reports for work at the assigned area of responsibility.

The work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure
technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.

• You will use blueprints to determine any modifications needed in the plumbing system (e.g., openings, slant, level of water, gas lines).
• You will inspect and test systems and equipment for correct operation, flow, drainage, and sanitary conditions.
• You will lay out the installation and modification of systems, level of gas and water lines, and the location or arrangement of water closets, sinks, or fire sprinkler equipment.
• You will align pipes, valves, fittings, joints, braces, and supports to control movement, vibration, expansion, and contraction.

• You will coordinate and assign workload responsibilities to staff to prepare plans, reports, presentations or other documents that define, evaluate and/or recommend alternatives for customer, leadership or management review and action.
• You will plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, advise, counsel, or instruct employees on both work and administrative matters, hear and resolve complaints from employees.
• You will provide day to day oversight, planning and prioritization in managing the construction, repair and maintenance requirements of the installation through management of the Maintenance Execution Plan (MEP).
• You will provide day to day oversight, planning and prioritization in managing the construction, repair and maintenance requirements of the installation through management of the Maintenance Execution Plan (MEP).

• Provides detailed multidisciplinary professional engineering expertise to the AFNWC Commander, PEO for Strategic Systems, PEO for Nuclear Command Control and Communications, and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
• Serves as senior engineering consultant and technical expert to senior officials, intelligence specialists, program managers, and/or other agency representatives.
• Acts as the focal point in generation, review, edit, and in some cases approval of the offices intelligence products.
• Provides Intelligence supportability analysis of DoD/USAF Acquisition programs, systems, and processes.
• Ensures IC intelligence infrastructure analysis is performed for all AFNWC programs.

- Directs, coordinates and oversees work through subordinate employees.
- Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of senior management.
- Performs expert level multidisciplinary professional engineering/scientific work involving the application of electronics, mechanical, systems, aerospace, and/or other engineering disciplines to plan, organize, direct and coordinate significant and complex research projects and/or processes.
- Applies expert knowledge and advanced engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods to ensure assigned projects/processes remain consistent with program objectives, costs, schedules, performance criteria, and existing policies.
- Applies a number of diverse engineering/scientific practices, techniques, and processes to identify and resolve difficult issues, as well as ensure resolutions are consistent with program objectives, existing policies, and procedures.

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• You will design, integrate, and/or test parachute systems.
• You will gather and analyze a variety of parachute system information, make sound judgments, and effectively communicate recommendations to military, government, and private industry.

• You will manage pre- and post- award contracting for design, construction, utilities, maintenance, IT, research and development, energy, and environmental services for shore facilities of supported commands and activities.
• You will conduct higher level reviews of various contractual documents developed by subordinate contracting officers and journey level contract specialists.
• You will provide advice, training, mentoring, and guidance to other contracting professionals within the Department, Command, and other NAVFAC components on procurement regulations, policies, and procedures.
• You will plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.

• You will manage the safety program database as the command administrator, utilizing skill to manage safety data and trending.
• You will review Safety Management System objectives to identify and correct deficiencies in established programs.
• You will inspect workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies.
• You will provide command level reports and documents to leadership in order to facilitate discussion and action to improve the safety program.