ENGINEERING MANAGER IV
General Atomics and Affiliated Companies
- San Diego, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage a reactor design and analysis group consisting of neutronics, thermal-fluid, instrumentation and control and fuel design engineers.
- Provide reactor design and analysis support to current nuclear reactor related projects.
- Work with Business Development staff to create new concepts to enable capture of emerging opportunities for large program and eventual products with emphasis on space.
- Coordinate with NTM's nuclear material and fuels group to develop material and fuel technologies to support new reactor concepts.
- Coordinate with GA's testing group to conduct essential testing internal and externally funded development programs.
- Coordinate with GA's other traditional engineering groups such as systems, mechanical, thermal-fluid, structural, instrumentation and control engineering.
- Coordinate with GA's manufacturing group for fabrication of test articles and prototype equipment.
- Represent GA at nuclear and space related conferences including presenting papers and serving on panels.
- Establish working relationships with DOE, national laboratory and NASA organizations to develop collaborative programs that support GA objectives in space nuclear propulsion and power.
- Work with Human Resources to recruit additional reactor design and analysis staff.
- Train and develop young nuclear engineers to support growing nuclear programs.
- Establish and enforce procedures to ensure a safe working environment.
- Implement quality assurance policy and requirements for the project.
- Coordinate with manufacturing organizations within EMS for input on the design effort.
- Present the technical progress to the customer and other government organizations.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required.
- Typically requires a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as thirteen or more years of progressively complex engineering experience with at least seven of those years having management responsibilities. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
- Broad knowledge of complimentary engineering fields including mechanical, thermal fluid, control, electrical and systems analysis.
- At least ten years of experience in taking projects from design to hardware fabrication.
- Effective communication, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, and ability to direct a technical team.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE or DoD Security Clearance is required.