Aero-mechanical Design Engineer
AMERICAN SYSTEMS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Edwards • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $91,600 - $153,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Ensure airworthiness of aircraft according to research objectives, customer requirements, NASA requirements, and standard maintenance criteria
- Perform aero-mechanical engineering design, as applicable, to support maintenance and aircraft configuration changes
- Interface routinely and effectively communicate with engineers, technicians, pilots, facilities, USAF as well as other Center support personnel, and the scientific community (internal and external) as required
- Provide advice and assistance to engineers, technicians, customers in both evaluating and implementing aircraft operations
- Conceptualize or invent original or modified mechanical design solutions (highly unique and creative) for varied locations on varied aircraft
- Foresee, consider, address/analyze, and satisfy effects of acceleration, drag, static, and dynamic loads associated with flight envelopes independently and through collaboration with other departments
- Produce complete, thorough, stand-alone mechanical drawings (i.e., mono-detail, multi-detail, assembly, and or installation drawings per the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME] standards) that are able to communicate dimensions, tolerances, form, fit, function, criticality, and inspection in and of themselves
- Plan and execute large and/or complex integration plans for projects; evaluate operational changes and modifications to ensure that the changes are consistent with operational capability of the aircraft and safety requirements
- Utilize digital scanning technologies to create design models, where appropriate
- Review and may approve work orders that result in structural fabrication and/or modifications to NASA's aircrafts
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Physical Science and a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience
- Must be a US citizen
- Must be able to work in a dynamic and multi-task work environment by prioritizing work and coordinating task/project schedules
- Must be able to manage and decompose requirements in specific technical areas
Benefits
- healthcare benefits
- paid leave
- retirement plans
- insurance programs
- education and training assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
aero-mechanical engineering designmechanical design solutionsmechanical drawingsdigital scanning technologiesstructural fabricationmodificationsflight envelope analysisASME standardsintegration plansoperational capability evaluation
Soft skills
effective communicationcollaborationadvice and assistanceprioritizationcoordinationdynamic work environment managementproblem-solvingcreativityindependenceevaluation
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Physical Science