Aeronautical Engineer

Aeronautical Engineer

Must be a US Citizen No Clearance required, must be able to obtain 9 / 80 Schedule JOB DESCRIPTION Aeronautical Engineer 3 to support our Mechanical & Energetics Department. As a member of the M&E Department you will join the Advanced Programs product line supporting missile system development. This position will serve on-site at Chandler Arizona. This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance in the future.

Responsibilities:

• Designs major components or major portions of a missile system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal.
• Investigate pertinent design factors such structural, thermal, manufacturability, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.
• Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development.
• Makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures.
• Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Designs, develops, and tests a variety of missiles, and parts, taking into consideration the most efficient use of the natural laws affecting flight.
• Establishes structural specifications, performs stress analysis, and conducts performance tests.

Basic Qualifications for Engineer Aeronautical 3:

• Proficient in Advanced 3D CAD package. Preferably Siemens NX.
• Demonstrated ability to generate engineering drawings for procurement including Design For Manufacture (DFM) and application of GD&T.
• Ability to apply first-order structural analysis (hand calculations) to support product design.
• High mechanical aptitude with demonstrated experience working on mechanical systems either in a professional or personal setting.
• Demonstrated experience working with multidisciplinary teams to meet common goal.
• Good understanding of material science as it applies to aerospace metallic materials.
• Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications for Engineer Aeronautical 3:

• Advance Training or Certification in GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Machine shop experience programming or operating CNN Mills/Lathes for aerospace hardware.
• Active Department of Defense Secret clearance or higher.
• Good understanding of material science as it applies to aerospace composite and non-metallic materials.