At Aurora Flight Sciences, we design, build, and fly advanced aircraft and enabling technologies from concept to reality. We are searching for a talented and self-motivated Mechanical Systems Staff/Senior Engineer to help us create the future of flight. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Lead the mechanical design and integration of air vehicle subsystems.
- Provide subject matter expertise, technical review, design guidance, and mentoring.
- Perform analysis, modeling, and simulation to verify subsystems and components meet requirements.
- Manage functional and physical interfaces between vehicle subsystems and the vehicle.
- Support definition of requirements for air vehicle subsystems.
- Support component, subsystem, and system-level testing, including generating test plans and procedures, executing tests, and analyzing test results.
- Communicate information about vehicle subsystem design, requirements, and performance between the design team, management, customer, subcontractors, and vendors.
- B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or related STEM discipline) plus 7 or more years of relevant experience (or equivalent combination of technical education and experience).
- Demonstrated expertise in vehicle subsystems.
- Experience with CAD software (CATIA V5 preferred).
- Excellent written, verbal, and virtual communication skills.
- Must be a U.S. Person.
- Experience leading the development of aerospace systems, from conceptual design through production.
- Experience with finite element analysis, multi-body dynamics analysis, kinematics, and/or thermal analysis.
- Experience with system architecture design and performance analysis.
- Experience with system engineering processes, such as requirements development, system safety assessment, failure hazard analysis, and reliability analysis.
- Project management experience, such as scheduling, cost estimation, earned value management, and reporting.
- Hands-on experience working with machine shops, specifying fasteners, bearings, and other hardware, integrating prototype aircraft, and conducting performance tests.
- Experience designing commercial and/or military certified aircraft.
- Experience with business capture and early concept development of mechanical systems for commercial, government, or military aircraft applications.
- Candidates should expect occasional travel.