Job Listing Description

THIS JOB IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THIS IS ARCHIVAL INFORMATION.
Aircraft Structural Design Engineers Needed - Composites

Description:
***REMOTE TO START, BUT EVENTUALLY ONSITE***

Must haves:
• BS Degree (MS preferred)
• Extensive experience with composite primary aircraft airframe.
• Experience working with limited reference material and technical manuals/processes.
• Experience doing 3D/2D CAD design with Catia V5
• GD&T experience
• Initial sizing/preliminary stress analysis experience
• Report writing
• Must have long term job durations and little to no employment gaps.
• Extensive experience with composite primary aircraft airframe.
• MUST have experience specifically with concept aircraft, new designs
• MUST have experience creating his own technical processes/reference materials
• Experience working with limited reference material and technical manuals/processes.
• Must have experience working in a rapid prototyping environment.

Seeking an experienced Airframe Design Engineer to take ownership of significant parts of the composite aircraft structure. Qualified candidates will be responsible for overseeing, designing, developing, and analyzing composite and metallic parts and assemblies for the aircraft primary and secondary structure. This role requires the candidate to thrive in a high paced environment and be comfortable with the design, development, and test life cycle of rapid aerospace R&D. This role will include interfacing with engineering management, certification authorities, operations, external suppliers, and fellow design engineers, so strong communication and inter-personal skills are required.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Generate and evaluate conceptual layouts for primary and secondary aircraft structure
o Includes fuselage, wings, nacelles, blades, landing gear
• Define key system requirements and take ownership of them through the design life-cycle
o Collaborate on internal design standards and methodologies
• Design composite parts and assemblies for primary and secondary flight structures
o Create CAD parts and assemblies, create drawings for manufacture, assembly instructions
• Perform initial sizing of composite parts, components, and assemblies
o Hand calculations, spreadsheets, initial FEA/FEM
• Review other composite designs and drawings
o Review for design intent, sizing, and manufacturability
• Support structural test efforts (ground and flight)
• Mentor other design engineers and analysts

Required Qualifications:
• Minimum of 8 years of professional industry experience
• BS, MS, or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field
• Extensive composite design aptitude and analytical mindset and a track record of composite part design in aerospace weight critical applications
• Extensive experience designing critical composite structural components, which have been sized for strength, stiffness, fatigue, damage tolerance, or combination thereof
• Extensive understanding of composite design fundamentals and analysis methods for structures, assemblies, and joints
• Deep knowledge in composites manufacturing in aerospace applications
• Highly experienced in 3D CAD and model setup using 3DExperience (preferred), CATIA V5/V6, SolidWorks or equivalent
• Highly skilled in generating composite ply definitions using 3DExperience (preferred)
• Engineering leadership experience and mentoring other engineers
• Experience supporting ground and flight testing of complex systems
• Experience with design, analysis, and verification of certified composite aircraft structures e.g. 14CFR Part23/CS-23 or equivalent

The Structures Company is an AA/EOE.
 
Job Number: 445
Job Location: Orange County, CA
Rate: $55-$65/Hr. **DOE**
Overtime: Possible
Duration: Long Term Contract to Hire
Start Date: ASAP
Input Date: 02/03/2021
Last Updated: 02/11/2021
Firm Name: STRUCTURES COMPANY LLC
Attention: Debbie Aubert
Address: P O BOX 2278
City, State: SEAL BEACH, CA 90740
Phone: 714/823-3000
Website: www.thestructurescompany.com

Previous Listing       Next Listing
Back to Abbreviated Search Results
Back to Complete Search Results
Back to Advanced Job Search

Phone: (425) 806-5200
Fax: (425) 806-5585
Email: staff@cjhunter.com
ContractJobHunter is a service of:
ContractJobHunter.com LLC
P.O. Box 3006, Bothell, WA 98041-3006, USA
Disclaimer
The content of this website is Copyright 2024 ContractJobHunter.com LLC
Terms of Use of ContractJobHunter
Refund Policy
Privacy Policy