Bell - College Work Experience Program - Technical

About the role

The UTA Bell College Work Experience Program (CWEP) offers undergraduate students the opportunity to gain real-world work skills and abilities relevant to their academic and career goals. This program aligns with UTA’s Maverick Advantage program, which prepares students for careers through experiential, hands-on learning opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Designer Role: Support supplier/teammate design activity, initiate, design and document engineering change for part revisions, create model-based definition, which includes 2D and 3D annotations, for detail, assembly, and installation of aircraft components and engineering bill of materials.
• Analysis Role: Perform detailed analyses to satisfy strength, stability, stiffness, fatigue, weight, manufacturing, and other requirements for advanced vertical lift system components using both classical and finite element methods (FEM). Review detailed part or assembly definition prior to production release. Examine structural or material discrepancies and create associated inspection and repair procedures at production phase.
• Avionics/Integration/Mission Systems Role: Take part in the organization, planning, and management of new aircraft avionics and mission systems within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to meet program and customer defined requirements. Build, interface, and test multiple computer systems in a modular architecture to meet MOSA, Safety, Security, Environmental, EMI and performance requirements while working in an Agile framework. Support the development and validation of system requirements. System development and software testing in a systems integration lab.
• R&M Role: Perform Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) adhering to Military Standards for both hardware and software at multiple indenture levels. Formulate reliability analyses and predictions (including development of failure rate estimates based on handbook techniques and historical data) using Relyence or equivalent software. Collect, analyze, and score Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) data. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Engineering Investigations (EI), and Correction Action Plans (CAP) for failed aircraft components including participation in Reliability Review scoring boards.
• Systems Role: Support development of requirements and specifications for subsystems, components, parts, and assemblies. End-to-end aircraft architecture modeling and requirements definition. System-of-system modeling of aircraft fleets in operational environments. Collaboration with an extensive team of aircraft designers to build cutting-edge vertical lift aircraft. Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to realize/describe/analyze complex systems in SysML. Promote, mature, and grow the application and use of MBSE for assigned design teams, program, and enterprise.

Requirements

• Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering.
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR.
• Junior or Senior.
• Enrolled as a full-time student at UTA with a 3.0 min. GPA.
• Agree to background screening and urine drug screening.
• Not allowed to hold another position without approval from the UTA Bell CWEP Administrative Team.
• Not allowed to hold other paid positions on campus while participating in the program.

Qualifications

• None specified.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Technical proficiency in relevant engineering disciplines.

Benefits

• Paid opportunity.

Pay

$25 hourly wage.

Schedule

Standard Work Time — 9/80 work schedule — 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Week one – Monday – Thursday (9) hour workdays, Fridays off Week two – Monday – Thursday (9) hour workdays, Friday (8) hour day CWEPs can work up to 25 hours per week (12 hours min.) during spring and fall semesters, and up to 40 hours per week during Spring, Summer and Winter Breaks with Supervisor approval.

Working Conditions

The conditions for each position will vary based upon the department’s needs and are subject to change.