Structural Designer (Mid to Senior Level)

About the role

The Advanced Solutions Group specializes in the design, construction, and operation of unique and complex research and development facilities, including wind tunnels (aerospace, automotive, and motorsports), rocket test stands, climatic chambers, jet engine test cells, acoustic chambers, altitude test facilities, captive trajectory systems, and nuclear facilities. Projects span the automotive, motorsports, defense, nuclear, and aerospace markets. Recent clients include Audi, Boeing, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Honda, General Motors, NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy, Volkswagen, and many others in North America, Europe, and Asia. Capabilities and recent project photos/videos are available in a downloadable zip file at https://jtftp.jacobstechnology.com/ (username: anontg, password: anontg). Most designs are unique; you will typically work on several projects simultaneously in a dynamic, challenging, and fun environment. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead and manage structural projects within a multi‑discipline team, ensuring client satisfaction and delivering key structural projects on scope, budget, and schedule. The position can be filled in Tullahoma, TN; Greenville, SC; or Farmington Hills, MI.

Responsibilities

• Provides drafting team leadership on major projects of considerable scope/complexity or specific discipline, or specialty leadership for general design, drafting, and CAD support.
• Provides skills for layout and assembly of complete drawing packages for large projects and for accomplishing drawing checking functions.
• Provides technical guidance to assigned team of designers and drafters; develops work plans for specific projects, suggests assignments; reviews work in progress; coordinates work with project management; assists with specific assigned administrative tasks.
• Performs creative design from general concepts, basic and independent engineering analysis, liaison, and field monitoring.
• Performs complex drafting assignments with general instructions and working from furnished or self‑generated computations and sketches.
• Evaluates