Material Review Engineer - Level 3

About the Role

You will be the Aeronautical Engineer Sr for the Skunk Works team which is responsible for advanced aeronautics system development and material review processes.

As the Aeronautical Engineer Sr you will be responsible for driving anomaly investigation, technical solution development and coordination across multidisciplinary functional areas.

Responsibilities

• Investigate anomalies and develop technical dispositions for high‑performance platform components.
• Coordinate with Stress/Durability, Quality Assurance, Structures, Systems Design and other groups to implement corrective actions.
• Support production operations and integrate process improvements into daily workflows.
• Manage financial impact of engineering decisions and ensure timely technical resolutions.
• Maintain Material Review certification and support 1st‑shift schedule requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university in Mechanical, Aeronautical or Civil Engineering field.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance with special program access.
• Prior experience with aircraft design, assembly, or repair.
• Experience with aircraft materials and limitations, state-of-the-art measurement and tooling techniques, field maintenance and repair support.
• Basic structural understanding in solution development is required.
• Experience with program execution in a multi-company teaming/partnering environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen (position located at a facility that requires special access).
• Must possess an active Secret clearance to start.

Desired Skills

• Prior Material Review experience highly desired.
• Strong internal and external customer focus.
• Ability to make technical decisions and evaluations of non-conforming products with little outside input in an expedient manner.
• CATIA V5, Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with most types of aircraft materials and fabrication processes such as composites, metals, harness wiring and tubing.
• Prior experience with military aircraft design, assembly, or repair.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Blueprint reading/GD&T.
• Self-starting logical problem solver.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $76,700.00 – $142,500.00.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10).
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave.
• EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance.
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position.
• For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of PTO; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Schedule

1st‑shift schedule requirements.