Rotorcraft CAD & Layout Engineer – Onsite

CFD Research Corporation; Huntsville (AL); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401(k) matching

ESOP (employee stock ownership)

Medical, vision & dental insurance

Paid leave & disability benefits

Résumé du poste

CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL is seeking multidisciplinary design experts in rotor-wing and advanced air vehicle design to support the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center’s Technology Development Directorate.

You will apply computational tools to build parametric CAD models to support rotorcraft conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design activities. You will create 3D parametric CAD layouts for concept evaluation, perform trade studies, and provide technical leadership to ensure

Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience performing design of crewed or uncrewed air systems, including aircraft performance and weight estimation.
• Hands-on experience with Creo Parametric for 3D aircraft layout and modeling.
• Experience developing aircraft designs and estimating performance using modeling and simulation tools.
• Experience conducting aircraft trade studies to define and explore trade space.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time

Responsabilités

• Construct detailed parametric CAD layouts of aircraft concepts to support design iterations and trade studies.
• Conduct layout studies to determine optimal placement of components and identify potential interference or integration issues.
• Generate aircraft geometries needed for survivability analysis.
• Inform trade studies on aircraft configurations by highlighting geometric and operational constraints.
• Support senior engineers in assessing air vehicle performance and weights against operational requirements.
• Use government-standard tools, such as NASA Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft (NDARC), for aircraft modeling and performance assessment.
• Explore requirements trade space and provide guidance on operational impacts of design features as they relate to user and mission needs.
• Assess current technologies in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver system-level assessments of component technologies.
• Collaborate with a team to develop and test new tools used in the design process.

Connaissances

Creo Parametric experience

Air vehicle design

Trade studies

Team collaboration

Formation

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

Outils

Creo Parametric

NDARC

OpenVSP

OpenMDAO

AIDEN

Description du poste

CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL is seeking multidisciplinary design experts in rotor-wing and advanced air vehicle design to support the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center’s Technology Development Directorate.

You will apply computational tools to build parametric CAD models to support rotorcraft conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design activities. You will create 3D parametric CAD layouts for concept evaluation, perform trade studies, and provide technical leadership to ensure