Senior Propulsion Engineer Fleet Support

You will serve as the propulsion subject-matter expert for fleet-support escalations. You will diagnose engine, mechanical, fuel, and oil-system issues; analyze technical evidence; develop service guidance; and coordinate corrective actions that improve fleet reliability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the propulsion subject-matter expert for Fleet Support and the primary engineering contact for propulsion escalations.
• Diagnose and resolve engine performance issues.
• Troubleshoot engine mechanical and hardware issues.
• Investigate fuel and oil system issues.
• Analyze flight data, maintenance records, teardown findings, and field reports to identify failure modes and corrective actions.
• Develop troubleshooting procedures, inspection criteria, repair guidance, and return-to-service recommendations.
• Partner with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and supplier teams to drive corrective actions and reliability improvements.
• Translate recurring fleet issues into engineering recommendations, service actions, and design improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in aircraft, rotorcraft, unmanned aircraft system, or propulsion engineering.
• Experience with engine systems, fuel systems, oil systems, thermal behavior, vibration, and mechanical root-cause analysis.
• Experience troubleshooting fielded hardware from ambiguous or incomplete failure reports.
• Ability to analyze flight, test, maintenance, and inspection data.
• Written and verbal communication skills in cross-functional and customer-facing environments.
• Ability to possess a Secret DoD security clearance.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity