Senior Staff Engineer - Propulsion (Casual)

Overview

Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer for Propulsion Assets

Location: Arnold AFB, TN

Job Family Code: O-Engineering

Function/Branch: Engineering / Propulsion

Directorate: Test Operations

Position Type: Casual

Pay Type: Part time / On call (casual) 

Grade: L11(OA1103)

Salary Range or Starting Hourly Rate: $82.28 - $102.85 / hour

The Mission

At Beyond New Horizons (BNH), we seek skilled individuals to join our team at Arnold Air Force Base, where you will operate and maintain the critical infrastructure that makes groundbreaking ground testing possible. You will command a diverse array of powerful systems—from massive electric motors and compressors to sophisticated control and data acquisition technologies. While we don't design the vehicles, we create the extreme conditions they must endure. Your work is essential to providing our customers with the vital data they need to validate design and ensure flightworthiness for the next generation of aerospace systems.

Open to external candidates only

Job Summary

The Senior Engineer serves as a high-level Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the Propulsion mission area at Arnold Engineering Development Complex. This position is responsible for providing expert technical guidance on both current operations and future capital investment projects. The role is designed for a veteran engineer who can bridge the gap between historical facility knowledge and modern sustainment strategies, ensuring mission continuity through rigorous technical consultations.

Job Duties:

• Provide expert level technical support as needed for current and investment related projects for the Propulsion mission area as required such as A-Exhaust modes, T11 Independent Air Planning, Outage Backfeeds, and VFSS controls installation and checkout.
• Share technical expertise, knowledge, and lessons learned with less experienced engineers as related to plant or test assets’ maintenance, operation, and sustainment.
• Provide technical consultations as requested from management or Engineering Advisory Board
• Advise senior management on technical and programmatic issues as requested.
• It is a condition of employment to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy.
• Perform other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university plus a minimum of 15 years of progressive engineering experience, preferably in a major aerospace, defense, or aerothermal test environment (such as AEDC or equivalent federal/commercial facilities)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret level security clearance and access to the AEDC local area network.
• Due to Air Force Security requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional
• Core Technical Expertise—unique knowledge an understanding of ground test facilities from how the systems were built, to why they fail, to how to modernize them
• Strategic & Analytical Expertise in Asset Management and Sustainment
• Expert Problem-Solving Skills with superior ability to solve the most complex engineering challenges through meticulous attention to detail and decades of developed knowledge and expertise

Who We Are

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) is a fully populated joint venture of Astrion and Fluor Federal Services, Inc. formed to provide unmatched Test Operations and Sustainment services for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.

We chose our name to serve as an enduring reminder of our commitment to AEDC’s rich aerospace research and development legacy anchored in AEDC’s Toward New Horizons founding study and the unprecedented opportunities to greatly expand AEDC’s capabilities and capacity Beyond those existing today. Leveraging the capabilities of our parent companies, BNH specializes in testing and evaluation for military and space systems combined with proven capability in large-scale Government program management, integration, engineering, and construction services for specialized and technically advanced high-hazard facilities.

Join our Team!

BNH is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

U.S. Citizenship is required. At this time BNH will not sponsor any applicants for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1b, F1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount BNH is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time jobs will be adjusted based upon the number of hours agreed to work at location Tennessee: Arnold Air Force, TN. 

L11: $82.28 - $102.85 / hour at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. 

BNH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, veteran status, and any other grounds for discrimination prohibited by applicable law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.