What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Engineer position at Synectics Inc.?
Description
- Design airframe components, test fixturing, etc.
- Help with the aircraft assembly and integration effort (e.g. drawing releases, tolerance analysis, work instructions, etc.)
- Develop tooling solutions for fabrication, assembly, and test
- Hands-on with fabrication and assembly of the Speederour aircraft
- Support test of hardware (airframe components, engines, etc.)
- Join the flight-test team (travel to test range and support the end-to-end test effort)
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or similar technical degree with at least 5 years of experience
- Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field.
- Experience with CAD software (e.g. SolidWorks, NX, or equivalent)
- Experience in stress analysis (hand calculations and FEA)
- Experience with hardware test (component, assembly, or system) - including test plans, procedures, and data review
- Experience with design and hands-on fabrication of airframes, and/or personal experience physically assembling or manufacturing hardware. (Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.)
- Strong engineering fundamentals and critical thinking
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills for technical documentation, physical documentation and hardware
- Willingness to work collaboratively across a broad range of activities to support team goals - growth-stage startups require a wide range of skills
- Ability to take ownership of tasks, and drive them to completion
- Adept at prioritizing tasks and executing multiple assignments concurrently in a rapidly changing environment
- Experience as an Reliability Engineer
- Knowledge of PLM, ERP, and other manufacturing planning systems.
- Software scripting experience in any language.
- Experience with composites.
- Experience with metallics (e.g. welding, rolling, milling)
- You must be a US citizen or have current resident status as this position will require access to export-controlled data (security clearance is not required).
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