Lead Mechanisms & Landing Gear Engineer — Aerospace

Johnson Service Group, Inc.; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

401(k)

Job summary

Johnson Service Group is seeking a Mechanisms and Landing Gear Engineer III-IV to work in Arlington, TX. You will design, analyze, and simulate landing gear systems for air vehicles, including kinematics and loads development, using MATLAB/Simulink and related tools.

The role involves mentoring junior engineers, planning projects, and ensuring performance within schedule and budget; experience with hydraulics and brake design is valued.

Qualifications

• Requires BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Aerospace preferred).
• 6+ years related experience; 2+ years with landing gear/mechanisms design and analysis including kinematics, loads development, and structural sizing.
• IV level requires 11+ years related experience and 3 years in lead engineer roles; strong experience with landing gear and mechanism design.

Responsibilities

• Designs and predicts performance of landing gear systems and other mechanisms for air vehicles.
• Develops loads and performs structural sizing for landing and ground operations using hand calculations, dynamics, and explicit simulations.
• Mentors junior engineers and reports project status within budget and schedule; leads teams on engineering tasks.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Travel ability

Education

BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Aerospace)

Tools

Hypermesh/Femap/PATRAN

NASTRAN

ANSYS/Abaqus

CATIA

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Johnson Service Group is seeking a Mechanisms and Landing Gear Engineer III-IV to work in Arlington, TX. You will design, analyze, and simulate landing gear systems for air vehicles, including kinematics and loads development, using MATLAB/Simulink and related tools.

The role involves mentoring junior engineers, planning projects, and ensuring performance within schedule and budget; experience with hydraulics and brake design is valued.