Staff Engineer, Industrial (R6037)
Core
Own sustainment decision analysis for fielded aircraft systems, including maintenance-level determinations, repair-versus-replace assessments, spares optimization, and lifecycle-cost modeling.
Role type
Staff Industrial Engineer (Sustainment & Logistics)
Builds
Integrated fleet-readiness models, repair-network business cases, demand forecasts, and lifecycle-cost models for aircraft systems.
Domain
Defense / Aviation Sustainment
Required skills
Sustainment decision analysis, repair-versus-replace trade studies, spares optimization, manpower analysis, lifecycle-cost modeling, statistical analysis, data modeling, SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, R, MATLAB
Preferred skills
Aviation/aerospace manufacturing knowledge, RCCA/FRACAS/PQDR familiarity, data quality management, ITAR/export control knowledge, military/government customer support
Technologies
SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, R, MATLAB
Responsibilities
Build integrated fleet-readiness and availability models linking reliability, maintainability, and cost to readiness outcomes; Develop repair-versus-replace and repair-network business cases assessing discard, depot repair, and redesign alternatives; Analyze maintenance records, work orders, and fleet operations data to identify recurring burdens and capacity constraints; Develop demand forecasts, spares recommendations, and provisioning strategies using failure rates and operational tempo; Perform manpower, workload, and capacity analyses to define staffing needs and improve repair throughput; Evaluate investments in support equipment and facilities by quantifying capacity, utilization, and return on investment; Apply Pareto, trend, and scenario analyses to prioritize actions improving fleet availability and reducing downtime; Translate complex analyses into clear recommendations and executive-ready briefings for sustainment leadership; Establish repeatable sustainment analytics processes and mature capabilities toward predictive maintenance.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
