Senior Mass & Balance Engineer – Aircraft Development

Al Tariq; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visa

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for you and dependok

Education allowances for your children

Job summary

EDGE seeks a Senior Engineer - Mass & Balance to manage aircraft mass properties across the development lifecycle. You will estimate mass, control weight, determine center of gravity and inertia, and verify mass data while coordinating with aerospace teams.

You will mentor junior engineers and help enhance mass-property tools and processes, contributing to robust technical reporting for programme reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, Structural, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant aerospace engineering experience.
• Strong experience in aircraft mass properties / mass & balance.
• Experience with weight statements, mass breakdowns, centre of gravity and inertia calculations.
• Experience in mass control, mass growth, allocations and margins.
• Experience working with CAD, BOM, supplier and manufacturing data.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and engineering analysis tools.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain aircraft mass breakdown structures and weight statements.
• Perform mass, centre of gravity, inertia and loading calculations.
• Establish mass targets, allocations, margins and growth allowances.
• Monitor and manage aircraft mass growth and configuration changes.
• Assess the impact of fuel, payload, stores, consumables and equipment changes.
• Support aircraft weighing and mass-property verification activities.
• Reconcile CAD, supplier, manufacturing and measured mass data.
• Support design trade studies and engineering change assessments.
• Prepare mass-property reports and technical evidence for programme reviews.
• Collaborate with Design, Aerodynamics, Performance, Structures, Flight Controls, Systems, Manufacturing and Flight Test teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to improving mass-property tools and processes.

Skills

Aerospace engineering

Mass properties

Mass & Balance

Center of gravity

Inertia calculations

CAD data

Engineering analysis tools

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace or related field

Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CAD

BOM

PLM

Mass-properties software

MATLAB

Job description

EDGE seeks a Senior Engineer - Mass & Balance to manage aircraft mass properties across the development lifecycle. You will estimate mass, control weight, determine center of gravity and inertia, and verify mass data while coordinating with aerospace teams.

You will mentor junior engineers and help enhance mass-property tools and processes, contributing to robust technical reporting for programme reviews.