Design Engineer I (PB1)

About the role

This is a Professional entry level position. The successful candidate analyzes, researches and designs components or a system of components, new products or to improve existing products while reducing cost, enhancing performance or facilitating manufacturing operations. Designs products or systems of moderate scope and complexity for assigned programs using a variety of engineering principles from mechanical, materials science or other engineering disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Create designs by analyzing product specifications, performance requirements, and existing manufacturing capabilities.
• Perform moderately complex design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of components, subsystems, and systems by applying engineering principles and established analytical tools.
• Develop detailed designs by using sketches and descriptive transfer functions provided by others.
• Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, contractual specification requirements, cost defining recommendations, and change proposals.
• Prepare or direct preparation of product layouts, detailed drawings, and assembly drawings by coordinating with designers or drafters, interpreting customer and functional requirements, and by using computer-aided design tools and following industry and drawing standards.
• Develop data and make preliminary sketches, notes, and documentation in response to customer proposal requests.
• Review drawings and assembly models to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, function and conformity to standards, procedures and specifications.
• Identify design errors, omissions and other deficiencies and recommend revisions and improvements to engineers or other designers.
• Conduct analyses and/or tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials or processes and complete required documentation by applying engineering principles and company standards, and generating reports, procedures or change proposals.
• Support field investigations.
• Collaborate with AA TECH aftermarket partners on: Receiving, logging, documenting data and closing customer information gaps on returned fielded hardware. Fully define customer request and reason for return. Clarify any intended work scope and desired outcomes. Document and characterize as received fielded hardware condition. Define, plan and execute required sequence of tests and inspections. Tabulate and summarize data and test and inspection results. Direct, Coordinate, and Execute: Investigative plan (ie, cut up, NDT, visual inspection, chemical / material analysis). Review, document and summarize conclusions. Establish with team and appropriate stakeholders any relevant technical course of actions required to address findings.
• Support Design for Maintainability objectives.
• Support development of new aftermarket overhaul and repair processes.
• Support Leading Indicator Program objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field.
• May have limited prior industry experience or worked with direction in student internship programs.
• Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) or Mechanical Engineering (ASME) certification desired.

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to effectively function in cross-functional teams, communicate and present information to team members, team leaders and top management.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• General knowledge of aerospace industry or similar industry products and legal and regulatory requirements related to manufacturing environments.

Company Information

Advanced Atomization Technologies, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.