Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Systems Engineer

Bnh; Hillandale (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Education assistance

Healthcare benefits

401K match

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) is seeking a Mechanical or Aerospace Systems Engineer to support hypersonic wind-tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, Silver Spring, MD. You will own major systems, drive facility improvements, and manage project lifecycles from planning to implementation.

The role requires a BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with at least 2 years of experience, ability to obtain a security clearance, and willingness to work in a high-hazard test environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of professional mechanical or aerospace engineering experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance and the AEDC local area network.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned systems across their full lifecycle, including configuration control, reliability, maintainability, upgrades, and end-of-life planning.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute facility and equipment improvement projects, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, procurement support, installation, testing, and closeout.
• Develop mechanical designs for components, tooling, fixtures, interface hardware, and modifications needed to support test operations.
• Produce, review, and maintain engineering drawing packages, models, bills of material, and release documentation in accordance with configuration-management requirements.
• Perform or review thermo-mechanical, structural, and stress analyses to verify component suitability for wind-tunnel operating environments.
• Coordinate with operations, technicians, safety, instrumentation, controls, maintenance, and test customers to ensure systems are ready and test requirements are met.
• Identify and implement improvements to tunnel performance, availability, operability, and maintainability based on test experience, data, and failure trends.
• Develop technical scopes of work and support vendor/manufacturer engagement for repairs, fabrication, and procured equipment.
• Ensure engineering changes, maintenance actions, and temporary modifications are documented, reviewed, approved, and communicated appropriately.
• Review test requests and facility impacts to determine system readiness, constraints, risks, and required modifications or support.
• Communicate clearly and utilize various methods of communication.

Skills

Security clearance eligibility

Mechanical design understanding

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Master of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

PTC Creo CAD

Ansys FEA

Job description

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) is seeking a Mechanical or Aerospace Systems Engineer to support hypersonic wind-tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, Silver Spring, MD. You will own major systems, drive facility improvements, and manage project lifecycles from planning to implementation.

The role requires a BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with at least 2 years of experience, ability to obtain a security clearance, and willingness to work in a high-hazard test environment.