Senior Structures Section Lead

We are looking for an experienced structures engineer to join our team managing a Tier 1 structural supplier from PDR through certification of our large, manned, Part 25 clean-sheet aircraft.  This role would entail directing supplier efforts for one of fuselage, cabin pressure vessel, empennage, or secondary structure. An ideal candidate would have experience with composite and metallic techniques and structural concepts. This engineer will work closely with manufacturing engineering and other stakeholders to ensure designs are producible. The ideal candidate would be able to ensure the suppliers design robust structure according to conceptual design and requirements and think creatively to minimize the development effort and technical risk while driving simplicity into the design. 

Responsibilities:

*Responsible for managing supplier structural design and stress analysis from preliminary through detail design, build and certification 

*Technical oversight of structures partners and integration across various teams 

*Interface management 

*Interface and lead across program customers, suppliers, and other engineering stakeholders 

*Travel up to 25%

Required Qualifications:

*10+ years of related experience in aerospace engineering  

*Bachelors or Masters degree in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering or equivalent  

*5+ years leading teams of design and/or stress engineers both internally and at suppliers 

*Experience working with external partners and suppliers on development projects 

Desired Technical Skills:

*Experience with aircraft conceptual development / pre-Preliminary Design Review phase through certification 

Composite and metallic structures experience  

*Structural analysis: hand calculations (“handcalcs”) and finite element (“FEA / FEM”) for strength, stability (buckling), and stiffness (deflection/vibration), ability to evaluate structural concepts and size structure 

*Inputs and support of structural test plans and structural testing at element through aircraftassembly level 

*Strong certification knowledge and experience with CFR Part 25 desired (Part 23 is OK). 

*Experience in writing and reviewing system level requirements  

*At least 500h experience with requirements management tools such as Jama or Doors  

*At least 500h experience with Catia v6/3D Experience, or v5 and PLM tools such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or Enovia.  Experience should include manipulating and interrogating parts and assemblies, generating section cuts, and use of routine PLM functions such as lock/unlock and releasing files.