Program Engineer; R&D Fabrication

The Marvin Group is a Strategic Partner for Global Alternate Mission Equipment and Sustainment. The Marvin Group, a leading defense contractor, plays a crucial role in the development and manufacturing of various systems for military aerospace and vehicles. Based in Southern California near the Los Angeles International Airport, The Marvin Group consists of Marvin Engineering (MEC), Marvin Test Solutions (MTS) and Marvin Land Systems (MLS).

Marvin Engineering designs and produces military Alternate Mission Equipment. Marvin Test Solutions designs and manufactures armament Test Equipment. Marvin Land Systems specializes in the design and build of power and thermal management systems. For over 60 years we have maintained "A Tradition of Excellence", serving as a trusted source for our unwavering commitment to supporting all branches of the Department of Defense and our global allies.

Our collaboration extends across a diverse array of programs and platforms, including major military prime contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

This position requires a strong background in Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Aerospace Programs, ideally spanning the engineering product development lifecycle including systems engineering, design, analysis, prototyping, qualification testing, technical documentation generation, transition to production, and technical project management. The role requires an engineer that thrives in cross‑functional environments, balancing technical rigor with program execution excellence. The successful candidate will be a motivated doer that performs and/or manages program/project engineering tasks within the product development lifecycle for pneumatic, mechanical and electro‑mechanical components, assemblies, and systems of varying complexities, driving programmatic execution and maturity in support of transitioning engineering development programs into their sustained production environments.

Prior experience as an engineer and/or in a manufacturing environment for aerospace or defense products for commercial or military aviation is a plus.

• Support program/project engineering activities across the engineering product development lifecycle: from Contract Award, through conceptualization, design, and testing, and into production and sustainment.
• Develop a strong technical understanding of MEC’s products and systems to become the communication bridge between Research & Development Engineering and other disciplines within MEC (e.g., Contracts, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality Engineering) to solicit their support for Engineering Development Programs.
• Drive and contribute to Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) Events, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc. with content preparation, presentation delivery, and applicable action items resulting from SETR events. Provide inputs for Milestone decisions in DoD technical and manufacturing readiness assessments.
• Contribute inputs and commitments to support development and maintenance of Program Schedules, and mitigation of Risk and Opportunity profiles, for Engineering Development Programs.
• Interface with all Stakeholders in Engineering Development Programs, internally and externally, to drive programmatic execution and technical and programmatic deliverables to customers; and assure program success with compliance to requirements.
• Liaison with Technical Program Managers (TPM) to ensure configuration of hardware builds aligns to latest released Bill of Material (BOM) from R&D Engineering and to Contractual requirements.
• Support and contribute to technical and programmatic sections of new business proposals: evaluate and prepare technical content, define WBS structures, collect and/or estimate cost and/or schedule requirements, and develop and/or contribute to risk and opportunity profiles.
• Highlight technical, hardware, and other issues precluding successful build activity to appropriate internal and external Stakeholders: TPM, Systems Engineering, R&D Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Subject…