Senior R&T Engineer

Job Purpose

The individual hired for the Senior R&T Engineer position will be an integral member of a high functioning team. The role includes a wide range of activities, including: characterization of materials, sub-elements & components through physical testing; development of analytical performance predictions and validating to experimental results; interfacing with existing and potential customers; and the application & refinement of AEC-developed tools for the design and analysis of 3D woven materials.

Job Responsibilities

1. Perform structural analysis and component design activities using commercial and in-house computational mechanics software
2. Develop predictive modeling tools for various composite manufacturing processes
3. Evaluate the results of computational models and experiments to assess the performance of processes, materials and structures
4. Document approach, methods, and results of analyses to expedite sharing and team development
5. Provide input to senior technical and program management leads for project updates and communicate, as needed, to internal and external customers
6. Support the design verification and validation process of new products, technologies and methods, including material and component fabrication and physical testing.

Supervisory responsibility: No

Supervisors are responsible for overseeing their work group including but not limited to: formal evaluations/performance management as set out by the organization, recruitment and developing

Position Competencies

Knowledge:

• BS Engineering degree in materials, mechanical, civil, or aerospace engineering or equivalent;
  
  
  
  • Advanced degree (MS, PhD) is considered a strong plus
  
  
  
  
• Minimum 5 years experience in aerospace or composite industry engineering
• Strong understanding of mechanics and strength of materials

Skills:

• Demonstrated technical skills related to the design, development and manufacturing of some or all of the following composite structures and processes:
  
  
  
  • Aerospace primary and secondary composite structures and related manufacturing and processing techniques (i.e. weaving, complex textile preforms, dry or prepreg layup, RTM, VARTM, press molding, autoclave and out-of-autoclave processing, bonding, finishing, assembly).
  • Familiarity with aerospace certification methods and the development of design allowables.
  • Composite test methods (coupons, elements, and components).
  • Proven ability to perform composite performance and process analysis utilizing appropriate design software (e.g. CAD with Solidworks or Catia, Finite Element Analysis with Abaqus, LS-Dyna, etc., RTM process modeling with PAM-RTM, LIMS, etc., Draping analysis with FiberSim, PAM-FORM, etc.)
  
  
  
  
• Team and people skills, including the interpersonal skills required to lead, mentor, communicate, and build the technical capabilities of the organization.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; MS Office proficient

Abilities:

• Proven problem solving skills in teamwork setting.
• Willingness to learn
• Willingness to perform "hands-on" work in a dynamic setting
• Action Oriented; Results Driven; Strong Decision-making and Customer Focus