Manager, Engineering Department Actuators

Company: Orbital Sciences Corporation Location: Chandler, AZ 85248 Job Category: Engineering Reference Code: 080316 Manager, Engineering Department Actuators Since our founding in 1982, Orbital has pioneered new classes of rockets, satellites and other space systems that have made us one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of space and missile systems. Our commercial, civil government and military customers depend on our low-orbit, geostationary and planetary spacecraft to help them meet their communications, remote sensing and scientific missions. We also launch exciting new careers every day. Join us in bringing the benefits of space down to Earth! Responsible for technical, cost, and schedule requirements of pre-proposal efforts, proposal development, design and development, internal/customer design reviews and technical documentation. Responsible for managing technical personnel assigned to a department, we well as ensuring that qualified and appropriate personnel (and supporting design and analysis tools, etc) are assigned to meet the needs of all programs. In addition, directly responsible for the processes for completing work in their assigned functional field.Ideal candidate has direct experience in mechanical design of electromechanical and hydromechanical actuators, including thrust vector control systems. Results oriented leader with experience managing groups in new product development, concurrent engineering, and employee training and development. Candidate must be able to develop/size mechanisms (gears, bearings, ballscrews, motors, clutches, brakes, position sensors) of low-to-high power Actuators and TVA systems that meet aerospace and military standards. Must be able to develop cost-effective, lightweight actuator solutions to customer requirements for actuator speed, torque, accuracy, stiffness, voltage, and current draw. Must be able to be lead all facets of the design, development, and test process. Must be familiar with and able to design custom gears to AGMA specifications.Familiarity of anti-backlash gear systems is a plus (split-pinion, split-bullgear, multi-track gear train)Support verification and validation tests of EMA / TVA systems and components. Develop test plans and strategies, specify instrumentation, test procedures, and analyze test results. Participate in team and customer meetings, technical reviews, design reviews, peer reviews, and problem solving meetings. Technical tasks include development of concepts and proposals for new applications, system engineering to develop detailed requirements for complete actuator products and subordinate requirements for motors, gearboxes, packaging, controls, and motor drives, detailed design of complete actuator assemblies including gear box design, position measurement design, housing design, oversight of motor development and control/drive circuitry, test equipment design for qualification and production testing. Responsibilities include full design responsibility for projects encompassing:+ Planning and directing the work of other engineers involved in the design and support of actuators+ Mentoring less experienced mechanical engineers+ Actuator design and layout including proper tolerances to meet specific requirements+ Apply gear train fundamentals to size gear passes for appropriate output torque and speed- familiarity with face, bevel, planetary, and compound planetary gears is a plus+ Custom gear design; specify appropriate face width, diametral pitch, pressure angle, tooth-to-tooth error, and total-composite-error to meet actuator requirements.+ Size gears and bearings to meet life requirements, specifying appropriate gear lubricant for the specific application.+ Size motors to meet actuator performance criteria; evaluate torque/speed curves, I2R losses, inertial effects, etc+ Create and maintain product launch documentation (engineering changes, test results, engineering drawings, dimensional data, process flow, logic diagrams, FMEA, control plan, etc.)+ Use advanced theory, mathematical, engineering principles to solve problems, conduct testing, prepare documentation or create applications or devices in the completion of their work.+ Works closely with Director of Engineering, Systems Engineering, Product Development and Test Engineering, and Quality and Manufacturing groups to launch products and improve existing products.+ System modeling and hardware in the loop knowledge+ Knowledge of gear train kinematics including hard-stop analyses, actuator bandwidth, bode plots, and modeling of such+ Use of Matlab and Simulink desired+ Recommends alterations of design to improve quality of products and or procedures.+ Integrating purchased equipment from vendors into the overall design+ Communicating with the customer's design personnel to assure the proper CAD information flow BS or equivalent experience and ten years of related experience is required.Master's or higher in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace or related scientific discipline and 8+ years of directly related experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience) at least 4 years of experience with complete product responsibility.