Senior Aircraft Structures Engineer - Composite/FEA Expert

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) in Poway, CA, seeks an experienced Aircraft Structures Design Engineer to craft high-performance primary and secondary structures using both composite and metallic materials.

You will validate designs with analytical methods and integrated finite element tools, and produce product definition packages for air vehicles, payload integrations, and advanced concepts.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in engineering or related technical discipline with progressive experience (7+ years with MS, 4+ with PhD).
• Experience with structural sizing, FEA, free-body analysis, and Mathcad/MATLAB/Excel.
• Proficiency in GD&T and ASME Y14 series drawing standards.

Responsibilities

• Create, review, and maintain design packages for airframes and components.
• Perform airframe structural layouts, sizing, and analyses to validate load paths and margins.
• Document designs and interface studies from multiple inputs, ensuring compliance with standards.

Skills

Self-starter

Detail oriented

Mentoring

IPT teamwork

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

PhD in engineering

Tools

NX

Creo

Catia/SolidWorks

NX Simcenter

Abaqus

Nastran

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) in Poway, CA, seeks an experienced Aircraft Structures Design Engineer to craft high-performance primary and secondary structures using both composite and metallic materials.

You will validate designs with analytical methods and integrated finite element tools, and produce product definition packages for air vehicles, payload integrations, and advanced concepts.