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Aerospace Engineer

Patuxent River, Maryland
Salary
$142K–$195K/yr
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
8/14/2025

Job Description

Summary

Senior Aerospace Engineer to lead turbine engine development, sustainment, and technology transition with strategic oversight.

We are seeking a highly experienced professional Aerospace Engineer to lead and manage advanced turbine engine programs. This role requires a strong technical background and demonstrated leadership in engine development, sustainment, and technology transition.

  • *Key Responsibilities:**
  • Lead and manage engineering teams for turbine engine programs.
  • Oversee engine development, sustainment, and technology transition from S&T to fielded systems.
  • Ensure air system airworthiness and evaluate research for fleet integration.
  • Serve as a senior design expert, providing technical management and oversight for advanced turbine engines.
  • Coordinate with propulsion S&T and acquisition programs, defining goals and conducting technical reviews.
  • Identify technology constraints, prioritize development, and manage technology insertion projects.
  • Contribute to acquisition policy formulation and serve as an expert consultant to stakeholders (IPTs, PMAs, PEOs).
  • Represent Naval Aviation to industry, academia, joint services, and international partners.
  • Develop and execute Science & Technology (S&T) roadmaps and plans.
  • *Qualifications:**
  • Minimum of 1 year of specialized experience as a professional Aerospace Engineer at the GS-12/13 Federal level or equivalent in the private or public sector.
  • Strong technical skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership, influencing, negotiation, and strong oral/written communication skills.


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Company Details

Company Size:10,000+ Employees
Founded:1966
Headquarters:Patuxent River, MD
Glassdoor Rating:
3.7

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Established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy’s Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is headquartered in Patuxent River, Md., with military and civilian personnel stationed at eight locations across the continental United States and one site overseas.

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