Aerospace Structural Design Engineer

Kros-Wise is a proven leader in providing Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing to government and commercial clients. We have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to support Airframe and Structures projects in San Diego, California. This position will support the development of aircraft crown mounted IFE/IFC kits.

• Develop and lead engineering team to facilitate build of aircraft crown mounted IFE/IFC Kit
• Lead composite material certification effort.
• Lead Bird Strike analysis and test effort.
• Work with FAA ACO/ODA to facilitate certification activities for Part 121-line-fit application.
• Initialize development of Project Specific Certification Plan.
• Develop and lead Damage Tolerance and Fatigue certification effort.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with fast paced prototype FAA Part 121/135 aircraft design projects.
• 3D CAD Design using SolidWorks.
• CATIA knowledge preferred.
• Structural Analysis background preferred.
• Damage Tolerance & Fatigue experience preferred.
• Composite material certification experience preferred.
• Familiar with ARINC 791 practices.
• IFE/IFC Aircraft Crown Mounted engineering experience preferred.
• Experience working with FAA ACO's and/or ODA's.
• FAA DER and/or DAR working knowledge preferred.
• The ability to create and review of results from Stress and stiffness FEMs and implement improvements or detect errors based on first principles.

Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a bachelors degree and/or masters degree in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; two or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or one or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a complete understanding of engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory; experience demonstrating a broad application of those concepts; and, expanding knowledge of principles, concepts, theory, and practices in related technical specialties.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly; apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; and, determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
• Ability to document, trade and communicate pro/cons of structural designs based on performance/DFM/DFC
• Experience designing composite or metal aircraft or spacecraft structures.
• Ability to perform first order structural sizing
• Proficiency with SolidWorks, Solidworks PDM and CATIA
• Able to work extended hours as required.
• Professional Engineering License is desirable.