Total 117 Engineering job vacancies in Edwards AFB, California

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• Performs professional aerospace engineering work involved in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes to the acquisition, development, or sustainment of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.
• Functions as the organization's technical specialist in design and development engineering for critical systems and subsystems through the evaluating technological trends and formulates overall design concepts and criteria to establish the baseline for state-of-the-art engineering developments.
• Performs complex and comprehensive analysis, disciplined, quantifiable approaches to implement, develop, and document projects.
• Serves as a consultant and technical expert to senior subject matter specialists, agency and/or Department of Defense (DoD) officials responsible for broad program operations.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time to include planning work for subordinates, setting and adjusting short/long-term priorities, prepares schedules for completion of work, and evaluates employee performance.

• Applies extensive knowledge of industrial engineering processes to perform long-range pre-production planning for prime and support workload requirements relevant to depot maintenance.
• Develops/revises standards including labor, material, equipment and facilities for operations cards, labor, and material standards necessary for documentation of work requirements on engine workload and subsequent analysis for refinement.
• Determines the impact of proposed workload changes by planning acceleration or deceleration of production schedules.
• Attends provisioning conferences for material and equipment.

• You will provide consultation to clients with recommendations and plans for the existing assets or land.
• You will lead multi-functional teams as the project scope is identified and implemented.
• You will develop project documentation (DD 1391) that includes project scope, cost estimates and supporting documentation.
• You will identify and validate Warfighter and supporting command emergent and long term mission requirements and translates them into land, facility, and infrastructure requirements.
• You will facilitate meetings among large groups and resolve controversial issues among senior-level Navy personnel.

• You will be responsible for technical and repair support of diversified and complex shipboard techniques and processes relating to Ships Systems.
• You will provide engineering support for the planning, execution, and closeout of depot level availabilities on surface ships.
• You will plan work and assign tasks to subordinates, set priorities and approve work schedules.
• You will evaluate performance of personnel, mentor, give advice and counsel on work and administrative matters.
• You will prepare, submit and justify the Branch's tasking agreements with other commands.
• You will manage branch finances to ensure proper utilization and expenditures.

You will:

• Develop and implement strategies to successfully oversee and implement the Brownfields program to achieve program goals for a broad range of site assessment, site cleanup, and redevelopment activities.

• Manage grants, cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, and/or contracts to assess and clean up hazardous substances and/or petroleum at the most technically complex or controversial brownfields sites.\

• Lead efforts to conduct outreach and community involvement activities within EPA and with other entities to develop and promote strategies for the assessment, cleanup, and economic and/or sustainable revitalization of Brownfields sites.

• Advise on implementing program policies and priorities through the national grant competition process, leadership and participation on work groups, and measurement of program results.

You will spend 25-50% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

• You will install, repair, inspect, operate, maintain, and service specialized heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems and refrigeration equipment systems.
• You will maintain and service compressed air generating, drying and oil removal equipment for pneumatic controllers and monitoring devices.
• You will perform modifications and tests on controls.
• You will calculate air flow, and the pressure temperature characteristics for different systems in order to locate and repair faulty equipment swiftly and to reduce inoperative time to minimum.
• You will maintain and test water treatment chemical equipment (conductivity controllers and chemical feed pumps).
• You will read blueprints, complex drawings, sketches, wiring diagrams, manufacturing specifications and technical materials.

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• Negotiate and compose technical customer test requirements into effective sled test requirements and measurements
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Establish reporting timelines for post-test data processing and publish written technical reports
• Understand and communicate technical information to stakeholders across various disciplines, both verbally and in writing
• Assist in the creation and archival of accurate and timely test documentation including contract documents, test plans, safety plans, security plans, launch orders, mission reports, etc.
• Document test setup and post-test conditions
• Use a variety of software and analytic methods to deduce test conditions. Test data includes, but is not limited to Doppler radars, high speed cameras, accelerometers and angular rate sensors
• Draw conclusions based on test data and compile into a technical report
• Communicate effectively with test team and customers to achieve proper data collection. Primary modes of communication include technical reports, presentations and meetings/email correspondence
• Work with and motivate team members across diverse functional areas
• Respond effectively to rapidly changing situations

As a Hydraulic Engineer, you will perform the following duties:

• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analyses. Evaluate water diversion and discharge rates, pump capacities, water storage and management operations, and infrastructure designs, associated with water resource projects impacting upstream and downstream fish passage. Review and provide design suggestions for engineering projects for fish facility installations and upgrades in estuaries, large rivers, and small stream environments (e.g. Infrastructure designs, such as culverts and bridges, tide gates, irrigation diversion head works, pump intakes, etc.).
• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with a diverse group of stakeholders from various local, state, federal agencies, tribes and members of the public, to maintain consistency in hydraulic engineering principles, decisions, and policy recommendations. Provide input and contribute to the update, revision and development of the West Coast Region's (WCR) Fish Passage Guidelines. Assist fisheries biologists in the development, application, and monitoring of biological opinions, conducting literature searches and participating in scientific conferences, seminars, and workshops.
• Provide reports and briefings on projects to his or her supervisor.

• Operates one or more types of heavy equipment to push, pull, pile, or load materials such as sand, gravel, earth, coal, moving and covering refuse, and clearing brush, rocks, tree stumps, and other material.
• Maintains, repairs, and constructs flexible roads, pavements, parking areas, airdromes, bike paths, or similar surfaces of asphalt
• Maintains, repairs, and constructs rigid pavements or similar cement and concrete surfaces.
• Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe and clean work environment.
• Uses and maintains tools and equipment

• You will Lead and facilitate the efforts and expertise of a wide range of disciplines.
• You will determine client facility needs, and identify key technical and resource personnel to work on various aspects of projects.
• You will manage all aspects of the of the project's finances.
• You will advise and assist the organization and customers with moves and associated requirements
• You will be primary point of contact for facilities problems relating to Public Works efforts, ie, telephone installations/moves, power requirements, equipment installations, space modifications, and security and safety considerations.

• You will analyze software requirements and creating conceptual designs for missiles.
• You will develop Modeling and Simulation tools to predict and analyze Tomahawk missile performance.
• You will document model designs and testing.
• You will begin support the verification and validation of Modeling and Simulation tools.
• You will cooperate in an Agile software development process.

This position serves as a General Engineer and includes technical and logistical support in addition to managing shore-facility related programs such as real property and environmental compliance. The program provides support services throughout the complete life-cycle of shore facilities ranging from property acquisition, design, construction, depot level maintenance and repair, and eventually demolition

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Allocating available resources based on need and determines priority
• Focusing on management of strategic and tactical planning for shore facilities nation-wide
• Responsible for PC&I funded workload, but integrates projects, workload, and strategic vision with the other SILC offices, Product Lines and field units throughout the Coast Guard for optimum facilities management
• Acting as Chief, Planning Branch as required in the absence of the Branch Chief
• Maintaining an awareness and familiarity with changes, or anticipated changes, in agency plans or programs that may affect, or have impact on facilities, structures, furniture and furnishings, utilities, or space requirements/allocations.

The primary purpose of this position is to serves as a senior non-supervisory engineer for the Civil Engineer Division, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Detachment 6 in support of MAJCOM Strategic and Non-Strategic basing and beddown processes and associated Site Activation Task Forces (SATAFs).

• Executes projects for substantial new construction, renovations, and improvements for real property facilities, encompassing highly specialized or unique requirements, in accordance with all DoD, Air Force, laws and regulations.
• Collaborates with engineers, scientists, and other expert personnel at federal agencies, higher headquarters (HQ USAF, AF MAJCOMs, and FOAs) installation organizations, and other military services, and private organizations to ensure effective identification, evaluation, and provide a unique solution to complex engineering project management issues.
• Provides resource management support.
• Provides technical expertise to activities, staff, installations, and other organizations in order to resolve difficult/unusual facilities planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance problems/issues.
• Communicates critical issues to staff agencies, installations, and superiors.

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director, Nuclear Technology and Integration, directing or supporting the activities of the DoD nuclear enterprise efforts. This position is responsible for all Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) Intelligence, Mission Assurance (system vulnerabilities & nuclear weapon effects), Nuclear Certification and AFNWC early phase (pre-milestone A) activities, to include, studies, analyses, and technology development/maturation efforts supporting and leading multiple multi-million-dollar technical efforts. Additionally, this position is responsible for supporting the Center's Special Access Program (SAP) activities, as well as the Center's Nuclear Materiel Management (NMM) and integration Program Executive Officer duties, in support of the Nation's nuclear deterrence mission.

Candidates should have a strong background in professional engineering principles, methods, and techniques to effectively apply advanced engineering theories and practices across multiple weapon systems and platforms. Furthermore, the candidate will assess the impact of emerging technology on current systems and processes to formulate recommendations and solutions.

DUTIES:

• Serve as a nuclear weapon system technical expert, which will lead, manage, direct, and is responsible for activities either directly, or in support of, current and new DoD funded acquisition efforts.
• Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short- and long-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Maintain continuous assessment of AFNWC systems development, production, and sustainment programs to assure proper technical continuity and currency as related to nuclear certification, vulnerability assessments, nuclear weapons effects, intelligence activities, and future nuclear capability development. Primary emphasis is devoted to assessing intelligence information, analysis of alternatives, and technology related to next generation nuclear systems. Emphasis is also placed on the integration of nuclear surety across the Department of Defense and Department of Energy with other systems and subsystems (such as nuclear command and control).
• Keep abreast of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), National Laboratories (i.e., Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia), the Intelligence Community (IC), Navy and industry developments in technical areas. Provide integration and development technical expertise across AFNWC.
• Provide AFNWC with an expert engineering authority and consultant on technologies & operations, that, are applicable for weapon system integration, to meet the intended design and performance-based specification, while minimizing life-cycle costs for current and new weapons systems.
• Provide Intelligence Community (IC) and National Laboratory interface between AFNWC, DOE laboratories and the Air Force Research Laboratory and promote the technology transfer of advanced concept laboratory projects to AFNWC systems applications integration.
• As a technical expert, chair study teams conducting evaluations of AFNWC systems, ascertain the impact of significant technological breakthroughs on systems, and select a best approach from competing approaches to achieve operational capability and technological applicability.
• Direct the course that technical studies should take, culminating in productive solutions. The results of these technical efforts are usually carried through channels by personal, oral presentations, and reports by the incumbent to AFNWC leadership, Air Force Material Command (HQ AFMC), Air Force, and/or the Department of Defense (D0D). Serve on Air Force inter-agency, other government agencies, NNSA and industry technical panels and committees as an advisor in the broad areas of conceptual design and early systems engineering for development planning.
• Advise staff and senior leadership on the proper methods for assessing technology development and integration regarding development and production of nuclear weapons systems. Exercise originality and nuclear technical expertise in planning, managing, and evaluating the technical engineering functions involved in concept development, planning, testing, and modification of advanced technology applications in current and future development projects.

• Manages and executes Asset Management Plans (AMP) and/or Sub-Asset Management Plans (Sub-AMP) for entire installation.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight work force for Sustainment Management Systems (SMS) data standards, collection, and analysis.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight work force for preventive maintenance (PM). Manages PM program in the appropriate approved IT system (e.g. NexGen IT/ACES-WIMS) and maintains records IAW prescriptive requirements.
• Integrates and synchronizes Operations Flight contract project development, review, construction, and integration, and warranty management pertaining to respective portfolio.