Design Engineer

Job Description:

• Seeking a Payloads Design Engineer (Associate) to join our Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina (IRCSC) team based in North Charleston, SC.

• As an associate design engineer, you will have the opportunityto manage systems associated with airplane interiors including light limiting headers, closets, partitions, stow bins and wiring.
• The statement of work spans the product lifecycle: supporting customer configuration development, fabrication and manufacturing, validating and verifying design requirements, integrating business needs, and supporting the product through the production and certification processes.
• You will use your ability to combine the expertise and resources of the interiors organization to certify and deliver the best products within the industry.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assists to develop, integrate and document structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design.
• Assists the performance of tests to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
• Supports the management of supplier performance, test and production activities and coordinates with the supplier to optimize the design and achieve program goals.
• Supports IRC production floor during first-of or complex builds.
• Assists in the development of new design/analysis processes and tools to improve the effectiveness, quality and efficiency of the development effort.
• Supports the investigation of emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.
• Develops, maintains and modifies payload system and component designs, using 3-D Computer Aided Design tools and/or other design methods.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Bachelor's or Master's of Science degree from an accredited course of study in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.
• 2+ years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (Bachelor's + 2 years experience, Master's + 0 years' experience).
• 2+ years of experience with 3-D modeling (Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, SketchUp, Pro-E, 3DX, etc.) and/or equivalent combination of additional education and relevant experience.
• Experience working within cross-functional engineering and production team.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• 2+ years of experience in aerospace engineering, design and engineering release processes.
• Demonstrates good problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
• Working knowledge of standard business software (MS Office Suite).
• Ability to meet plan delivery deadlines when assigned.
• Understanding and demonstrated experience with FAA Title 14 Part 25 and/or EASA equivalent.