What’s it like to work on a team driven to make a big impact? Empowering. As part of our Product Realization 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. With us, you’ll be able to make an impact while you grow in your career.

We are currently looking for a Senior Principal Weld Engineer able to support our Combat Vehicle and Weapon Systems product lines. Here we value our workforce and their well-being. We prioritize safety, work life balance, and offer generous benefits. This position is currently working 3 days / week on-site and up to 2 days / week remotely on a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off out of our San Jose, CA office.

As a Senior Principal Weld Engineer, you will:

• Apply advanced knowledge of engineering and scientific principles and practices in area of specialized expertise to develop innovative solutions to complex technical problems.
• Review engineering schematics for correctness, producibility, performance and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership, consultation, or guidance to specialized engineering groups and other technical personnel.
• Conceptualize, create, and analyze designs to ensure engineering projects meet technical, cost, quality, and performance requirements.
• Prepare, present, and defend project technical results and recommendations to customers.
• Participate in formal technical reviews.
• Initiate and maintain external contacts with key experts and officials of other companies, national labs, academic institutions, and government agencies.
• Perform technical analysis, testing, calculations, and evaluation of results to solve complex engineering problems, using specialized equipment, or by creating computer programs, models, or simulations.
• Prepare technical and cost portions of proposals related to area of expertise. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant engineering discipline(s), industry practices, trends, and applications. Advises senior management on new developments and programs.
• May direct the work of less senior technical personnel.
• Provide engineering and technical support for welding operations in fabrication/manufacture of products.
• Research and develop concepts, designs, materials, functions, and performance, fabrication test, and modification of products. Research and recommend weld equipment, identifying limitations and capabilities. Documentation is in a digital form and stored in a Windows/Microsoft environment.
• Prepare, conduct, and evaluate Weld Engineering analysis/documentation, test/examination, performance and procedure qualification in compliance with customer requirements and applicable welding standards and specifications.