Experienced / Senior Ground Loads Engineer

Position Responsibilities

• Lead in developing air vehicle design criteria for ground loads
• Collaborate with the airframe & subsystems design and analysis engineers to generate integrated aerodynamic, structural, and landing gear models for flight vehicle analysis consistent with a Model Based Engineering (MBE) environment
• Perform ground loads analyses (ground handling, taxi, takeoff & landing, etc.) to support air vehicle design and stores integration
• Define allowable flight envelopes and operational limits
• Develop flight and ground test plans
• Create finite element and multi-body dynamics models and correlates to test results
• Execute ground and flight test programs by the development of test requirements, providing data for pre-test analysis, monitoring testing, data analysis and documenting results, in order to support design and verification of vehicle and components
• Review and approve airframe and subsystems hardware packages for airworthiness and to ensure the air vehicle meets the service environment
• Present engineering to management and customers during program level reviews and other technical meetings

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Level 4: 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• 5+ years of experience with aircraft loads with an emphasis on ground loads
• Experience in one or more of the following: aircraft modeling and simulation, aircraft flight and/or ground testing, multi-body dynamics (MBD) modeling and analysis
• Experience leading teams or projects
• Experience using NASTRAN or ADAMS
• Proficiency in one or more higher-level programming languages such as C, Fortran, MATLAB, python, or similar
• Possess interpersonal communication (written & verbal) skills in a team-oriented environment