Mechanical Designer III

Develop 3D CAD models, detailed component designs, and aircraft structural assemblies for aviation and aerospace applications.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of eight years of design experience in the aviation industry
• Advanced proficiency with SolidWorks
• Experience using AutoCAD
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience creating 3D CAD models for components, systems, and assemblies
• Experience performing tolerance stack-up analysis
• Experience calculating or evaluating mass properties
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability
• Experience working to MIL-SPEC requirements
• Experience working to FAA requirements
• Knowledge of AS9100 quality requirements
• Ability to work outdoors and on top of aircraft
• Ability to travel within and outside the continental United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, the United Kingdom, and Europe

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing aviation structural assemblies
• Aerospace engineering design experience in military aviation
• Aerospace engineering design experience in civil aviation
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of test instrumentation
• Airframe and Powerplant certification
• CNC programming experience

Job Responsibilities

• Create virtual solid models for new products, design modifications, and upgrades
• Develop detailed component, system, and full-assembly designs
• Create 3D CAD models for aircraft and aerospace components
• Generate tolerance stack-up analyses for component and assembly designs
• Evaluate mass properties to support proper fit and function
• Develop design documentation, requirements, specifications, and schedules
• Apply manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability requirements to designs
• Apply MIL-SPEC, FAA, and applicable commercial design practices
• Support aviation structural assembly design activities
• Participate in multidisciplinary engineering and design reviews
• Represent mechanical design requirements during integrated project activities
• Maintain design documentation in accordance with AS9100 and applicable quality requirements
• Support aircraft-based design validation and field activities
• Provide project status and technical design information to engineering and management

Pay Details: $33.00 to $45.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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