Structures Design Engineer - Advanced Concepts

Location: Plattsburgh, New York, United States; Raleigh, North Carolina, United States; South Burlington, Vermont, United States

Department: Advanced Concepts 01-7001

As a Structures Design Engineer on the Advanced Systems team, you will develop primary and secondary airframe components for advanced aircraft from concept through flight test. You will translate requirements, loads, interfaces, and manufacturing constraints into practical structural designs and controlled product definition. This position will be based onsite at our South Burlington, VT office location, our Raleigh, NC office. Remote candidates may be considered for a hybrid role, with monthly visits to South Burlington, VT for in person work.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

• Develop primary and secondary metallic, composite, and hybrid airframe components
• Create and maintain three-dimensional CAD, drawings, and controlled definition for structure, joints, interfaces, and installations
• Translate requirements, loads, geometry, systems interfaces, and manufacturing constraints into structural design requirements
• Support structural layout, configuration, and interface trades across airframe components
• Perform preliminary sizing and hand calculations; collaborate with Stress to mature and substantiate designs
• Design for manufacturing, assembly, inspection, maintainability, repair, weight, cost, and schedule
• Support design reviews, product release, manufacturing, build, and test issue resolution
• Coordinate with Stress, Loads, Aerodynamics, Dynamics, Materials and Processes, Systems, Manufacturing, and suppliers

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of aircraft structural design or related aerospace product-development experience
• Proficiency developing aerospace hardware in CATIA, 3DEXPERIENCE, or a comparable CAD environment
• Working knowledge of load paths, structural sizing, composite or metallic design, joints, fasteners, GD&T, and configuration control
• Experience producing detailed CAD, drawings, or controlled product definition and supporting hardware manufacture
• Ability to make sound design decisions, document assumptions, and communicate risks and interfaces clearly
• Must be a US Person to be considered for the role

Above and Beyond Qualifications:

• Aircraft structural design experience on wing, fuselage, empennage, control-surface, high-lift, propulsion-installation, or other airframe components
• Experience with both composite and metallic airframe structures or supplier design packages
• Experience supporting prototype build, structural test, flight test, airworthiness, certification, or manufacturing introduction

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This role requires extended computer and CAD work and regular work in office, laboratory, manufacturing, and hangar environments. Occasional travel and use of standard personal protective equipment may be required.