Mission Assurance Engineer - Open Rank (Entry-Junior Level)-PMO-Onsite

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

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This position will be in the Project Management Office (PMO) and will be involved with PM and mission assurance of external DoD sponsored research projects. The PMO applies consistent and structured PM support to many projects and programs across the organization.

• Mission Assurance Engineers lead and manage the execution of sponsored program Quality, Safety, and Mission Assurance engineering processes across GTRI to ensure sponsored programs meet and contractual requirements.
• They assess and tailor requirements, audit current processes, and create and implement new processes for sponsored project engineering teams.
• This role is responsible for standardizing engineering processes across the organization to improve organizational efficiency and ensure the quality of QSMA deliverables for sponsored programs. They are experts in the GTRI Body of Knowledge for DoD sponsored program requirements in the following areas:
  
  
  
  • Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability Programs ranging from the system to the component level
  • Failure Management and Analyses including:
    
    
    
    • FMECA, Fault Tree, and similar supporting analyses, FRACAS processes and database maintenance
    • Hardware and Software Configuration Management processes
    • Safety and Hazard Processes
    • Parts and Materials Processes
    • Requirements Traceability Processes
    • RMF/SCRM Processes
    • Quality Management Systems and the accompanying tools
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Uses existing tools and templates to assist with MA Requirements, such as:
  
  
  
  • Proposal
  • SOW Review
  • CDRL Delivery and Maintenance
  • Program Review Deliverables
  • Database maintenance
  • Assist PD/PIs by implementing standard MA tools and processes as appropriate for the project.
  
  
  
  
• Assist PMSO SMEs with compliance and delivery of sponsor MA requirements.

• This position will require experience in some if not all of these mission assurance functions:
  
  
  
  • Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
  • Reliability Analysis
  • Dynamic reliability block-diagram analysis
  • Fault tree analysis
  • Root cause analysis
  • Accelerated testing
  • Avoidance of single point of failure (SPOF)
  • Functional analysis and functional failure analysis (e.g., function FMEA, FHA, or FFA)
  • Testability analysis
  • Safety
  • Quality
  
  
  
  
• Works with the project engineering team to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified designs
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment and processes
• Assists the development of engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect delivered products

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field of study
• Candidates currently enrolled in an accredited degree program relevant to this position will be considered. The candidate must have a graduation date of no later than December 2024
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret Security Clearance

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience using reliability software - Windchill, Reliasoft, etc.
• Experience conducting reliability analysis/calculations

<10% travel

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 0-2 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field of study
• 0 years of related experience with a Masters' degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field of study

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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