Senior Staff Aerostructures Design Engineer

You will lead the structural design lifecycle for aircraft components and assemblies, from concepts through production release. You will perform analysis, guide validation testing, coordinate across engineering disciplines, maintain compliant documentation, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of primary and secondary aircraft structures
• Own concept generation, CAD modeling, detail design, and drawing release
• Perform and guide structural, stress, and margin analysis using FEA
• Coordinate airframe and subsystem integration with cross-functional teams
• Lead material selection for composites, aluminum alloys, and manufacturing approaches
• Lead structural validation testing from coupons through full-system tests
• Develop design documentation, analysis reports, interface definitions, and verification plans
• Mentor junior engineers and review technical work
• Transition designs to production and field deployment
• Improve design processes, configuration management, and workflows

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of aircraft structural design experience
• Knowledge of composite and metallic structures, material behavior, joints, and environmental effects
• CAD expertise with NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or similar tools
• FEA expertise with ANSYS, Abaqus, NASTRAN, or similar tools
• Experience with stress analysis, fatigue analysis, and design optimization
• Knowledge of DFMA, GD&T, tolerance stackups, and structural layout
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity