Rocket Motor Engineer

**Description** SAIC is looking for an amazingly talented **Rocket Motor Engineer** to join our team! In this role you will support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Chief Engineer office. Your expertise will be applied across multiple programs developing the next generation of reentry vehicles, rocket motors, and counter measures in support of creating realistic test environments for the nation's missile defense systems. **What You'll Be Doing:** + Provide expertise in support of numerous rocket motor launch vehicle systems from short to long range class motors. These systems range from established systems with decades of heritage to new systems preparing for first flight events. + Provide independent review of commercial launch systems capabilities and suitability for use for MDA flight test events. + Evaluate design, manufacturing, test, and qualification programs for all aspects of a motor, to include the case, nozzle, and propellent. + Apply expertise in motor systems to evaluate thrust performance based on case and propellent design and make recommendations to senior leaders on trade-offs and capabilities. **Qualifications** **What Required Skills You'll Bring:** + Masters degree with 7+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program / project or Bachelor's degree with 20+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program / project. + Active DoD Secret Security Clearance. + Experience with Stress, Loads, and Structures analysis. + Experience with propellent grain manufacturing and characterization. + Familiarity with ground test operations related to motor firings. + Knowledge of metal and composite materials common to Rocket motor design. + Finite Element Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics. + Familiarity with MDA and/or DoD programs and processes. + Must be a US Citizen. **What Desired Skills You'll Bring:** + MDA/DoD experience and familiarity with the Missile Defense System. + Familiarity with MDA flight test targets and threats. + Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools. REQNUMBER: 2507677 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability