What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at NR Consulting?
Job Title: Senior Aerospace Design Engineer
Location: Greensboro, NC
Duration: 6 months
Position Summary:
The Senior Aerospace Design Engineer will lead the design, analysis, and validation of aerospace components and systems. This role requires strong collaboration with customers and internal engineering teams to ensure product solutions meet performance, quality, cost, and delivery goals. The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, hands-on testing capabilities, and experience with design for manufacturability in aerospace environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Product Design & Analysis
- Lead technical design review meetings with customer engineering teams as the subject-matter expert.
- Review and fully understand customer design specifications and requirements.
- Communicate directly with customers to develop design solutions that meet performance and reliability needs.
- Perform design analyses including dimensional and performance assessments; conduct dimensional variation analysis.
Design Validation
- Set up and operate hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic test stands and equipment.
- Conduct product validation and qualification tests per compliance standards.
Prototyping & Manufacturing Support
- Support fabrication of development hardware, including operating manufacturing equipment when required.
- Coordinate equipment ordering and schedule planning for prototype builds.
- Monitor project scope, ensuring adherence to cost targets and delivery deadlines.
Cross-Functional Engineering Support
- Partner with Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance to evaluate product applications, manufacturability, cost, quality, and safety.
- Conduct design for manufacturability reviews to ensure production readiness.
- Improve existing designs through Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure accuracy and clarity of design documentation, including drawings, specifications, and routings, to support production teams.
Salary : $73 - $94
