Sr. Principal Engineer – Mobility

Senior Principal Engineer – Mobility

Location:

Sterling Heights, MI

As part of our Mechanical Engineering team, you’ll join a diverse group of driven engineers who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. This role focuses on vehicle mobility and supports our Combat Vehicle Product Lines. The position works 3 days per week on site with up to 2 days remote on a 9/80 schedule and every other Friday off.

• Oversee and ensure mobility engineering architectures and solutions are effectively implemented and tested onto platforms within minimal defects.
• Lead a Mobility Integrated Project Team (IPT) to derive requirements, develop concepts and mature a concept to final design following established Life Cycle Management processes while reporting progress via Earned Value Management System (EVMS). Lead design reviews both internally and with U.S. Government customer. Provide concise and coherent technical summaries in MS Power point or MS Word.
• Provide Baseline of Estimates (BOEs). Create cost, schedule and technical proposals relating to powertrain and mobility solutions in response to U.S. Government Request for Information / Proposals (RFI/RFP).
• Support long‑term mobility product planning (roadmap).
• Tutor junior mobility engineers in mobility best practices and provide “how‑to‑do” guidance in challenging problems. Document lessons learned and best practices for mobility system designs, and when appropriate publish these on BAE Systems shared engineering site for others to learn.
• Coordinate with Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Team to perform mobility analysis that support design activities across multiple vehicle platforms. These may include Vehicle Dynamic Analysis of Automotive Performance, NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM) analysis, Obstacle Crossing analysis, Go / No Go analysis, FEA, Suspension Static and Dynamic Analysis. Coordinate collection and transfer of vendor and test data to M&S team to ensure models have most current and accurate input values and control logic.
• Lead Components Source Selection activities to include:
  Creating component specifications, leading RFP solicitations from suppliers, evaluating responses and making recommendations via trade studies and lead test activities to validate performance.
• Oversee and sign off on documentation of design and or component selection by the Mobility design team via CAD drawings, virtual models or via component specification documents inclusive of engineering change proposals when required.
• Supervise a design team of up to 10 engineers while tracking individual performance and provide regular input to their performance reviews and make recommendations for their training or advancement.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or closely related field and 8 years of experience.
• Broad knowledge of suspension system & powertrain with in‑depth knowledge in two or more of these areas:
  Track Suspension Systems and Components such as suspension dampers, Hydro‑pneumatic suspension units (HSUs), road arms, ride height control, lock‑out subsystems, steering systems, drive sprockets, track components, foundation brake system, brake application systems, Internal Combustion Engines, Automotive Transmissions, Gearbox Design, Automotive Cooling Systems, Air Filtration and Exhaust Systems, Electric or Hybrid Electric Drive Systems, Automotive Performance Analysis, and Vehicle Dynamics.
• Program experience in developing and managing CWBS, SOW, budget and schedules. Demonstrated coaching skills.
• Working knowledge of relevant military and commercial design and drawing standards.
• Sound interpersonal skills involving interfacing, coordinating and negotiating with company personnel, customers and suppliers.
• Highly self‑motivated with strong analytical and creative problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to identify, define, interpret and resolve engineering problems involving conflicting design/contractual/policy or technical requirements across functional areas.
• Experienced in project scheduling,…