Technical Director of Aerostat System

We are agile and innovative company who deliver Aerostat Systems technology and work with a broad array of customers world-wide. Skyship Services, Inc. is leading the field in Aerostat Capabilities and Aerostat Operations. We are dedicated to support our customer’s mission in Border Security, expanding global infrastructure and threat detection. Skyship Services has an opening for a Technical Director to join our team and lead the engineering effort to build the next generation Aerostat System.

You will work within a dynamic engineering and design team to conceptualize, rapidly prototype, test and implement innovative solutions for the design, fabrication and assembly of Aerostats for Deployment to our Customers. We believe in fast-cycle development and approach to flight hardware development. This unique position allows for hand-on participation through all phases of development.

Being a part of Skyship Services teams means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s Degree in a mechanical, aerospace, or electrical engineering with minimum of 10 years relevant systems engineering experience; or Master’s Degree with 6 years of relevant systems engineering experience
· Broad understanding of airborne and ground systems, hardware, software, operations, and their interdependence
· Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of technical plans, drawings, and models
· Ability to apply scientific principles, tools and techniques to achieve practical end results
· Ability to apply innovative approaches to designing, integrating, testing, and producing complex engineering systems
· Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
· Must be able to obtain and maintain a Full Time Minimum Clearance Level of:
DoD Secret
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Location:

Akron, OH
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience with CAD modeling software such as CREO, NX or Solid Works
· Experience with mechanical and electrical drawing standards
· Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
· Experience with systems engineering and integration applied to DoD airborne and ground systems.
· Experience with development and production programs through install and deployment of assets to a Customer
· System modeling & simulation and/or system performance analysis
· Test engineering experience
· System Identification experience
· Familiar with Mat Lab, C, C++ and/or Python
· Familiar with the dynamics of airships and/or submarines
· Working in an interdisciplinary team and/or international team environment
· Proficient with Version Control and Requirements Tools
· Understanding of Cost Account Management to support program leadership on estimating work complete and work remaining
Responsibilities
Project Leadership:o Serve as the lead role in planning, organization and integration of multiple assignments involving diverse groups and personnelo Provide lead technical responsibility for large complex projects or complete systemso Lead integrated product teams composed of other cross functional professional employees in the execution of engineering function so Team leader for appropriate tasksRequirements Developmento Responsible for the design, development and implementation of engineering processes, methods and productso Develop product design descriptions, requirements and system test documentation, safety analysis reports, and technical analyses against requirement so Support a system reliability program;

gathering and analyzing reliability data and risk mitigation for complex systemso Define and analyze technical requirements for a broad range of engineering tasks of increased complexityo Develop engineering designs, implement architecture configuration specifications, and enable modeling, activity diagrams and simulation use caseso Participate in design reviews and technical interchange meetings to assess and guide development activities performed by development contractorso Conduct and…