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Sustainment Engineer

Santa Barbara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop operation/test/maintenance instructions and technical processes for aftermarket supportability of turreted weapon systems and military vehicle sub-systems.

Role type

Senior IC sustainment engineer (military/aerospace systems)

Builds

Technical manuals, maintenance procedures, retrofit plans, and configuration management baselines for weapon systems.

Domain

Defense / Military Vehicle Systems / Electrohydraulic and Electromechanical Actuation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Root cause/failure analysis, configuration management, technical documentation development, interface control document interpretation, BOM and schematic review, depot coordination, spares management planning, cost estimation, training curriculum development

Preferred skills

Experience with hydraulic or mechanical actuation products, knowledge of military standards, ability to work with US Military depots

Technologies

Technical Manuals (-10 & 20), Technical Bulletins, Retrofit procedures, Special Tools and Test Equipment (STTE), LRU (Line Replaceable Unit) management

Responsibilities

Develop operation/test/maintenance instructions for field service operations; Lead efforts to establish a comprehensive Configuration Management process; Review and design procedures for future field retrofits; Work directly with US Military depots to establish reset and overhaul requirements; Provide engineering support for business development and contract proposals; Identify areas for quality improvements in production assembly/test and product design; Provide training to sustainment team members on repair and overhaul of retrograde material.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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