Mechanical Definition Engineer: Aerospace Build Lead

PDS Tech Commercial; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 212,871,000 - 288,002,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short-term Disability

401K plan

Commuter benefits

Job summary

PDS Tech Commercial is seeking a Mechanical Definition Engineer in Savannah, GA to translate customer requirements into precise build lists and documentation, supporting the aircraft completion process from definition to execution.

You will interface with Sales, Engineering, Configuration Management and operations to ensure compliant, traceable deliverables using SmarTeam and related systems, while tracking milestones and coordinating cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering required.
• Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, aircraft completions, or product definition activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Ability to manage multiple assignments in a dynamic engineering environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer sales requirements from the Specification and Interior Design Drawing (IDD), along with Baseline Engineering inputs, into actionable engineering deliverables.
• Develop and maintain Preliminary Build Lists and Initial Build Lists for assigned aircraft programs.
• Create and manage preliminary aircraft tasking and engineering work packages.
• Partner with Design Engineering teams to ensure technical requirements are clearly defined and understood.
• Coordinate across Completions Engineering, Baseline Engineering, Configuration Management, and program leadership.
• Develop, maintain, and verify Requirements Verification Matrices (RVMs) to support requirement traceability and compliance.
• Generate Completions Tasking and Scheduling (CTS) tasking to support aircraft design activities.
• Participate in key program milestones, including Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Engineering Design Reviews (EDR), Program Reviews, and Definition Hand-Off meetings.
• Support aircraft configuration definition using SmarTeam and related engineering systems.
• Monitor engineering deliverables for alignment with customer requirements, program schedules, and configuration baselines.
• Investigate engineering definition discrepancies, build issues, and process deviations through root-cause and corrective-action analysis.
• Partner with Configuration Management on Build List Change Request (BLCR) processing to maintain product definition integrity throughout the aircraft lifecycle.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives involving engineering processes, tasking methodologies, and requirements management.
• Provide clear technical updates and status reports to engineering teams and leadership.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Multitasking in engineering

Analytical problem solving

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

SmarTeam

Configuration management systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

PDS Tech Commercial is seeking a Mechanical Definition Engineer in Savannah, GA to translate customer requirements into precise build lists and documentation, supporting the aircraft completion process from definition to execution.

You will interface with Sales, Engineering, Configuration Management and operations to ensure compliant, traceable deliverables using SmarTeam and related systems, while tracking milestones and coordinating cross-functional teams.