What are the responsibilities and job description for the R&D Automation Engineering Co- op position at Spirit AeroSystems?
Overview:
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Responsibilities:
As an Engineering Co-Op, you can expect to:
- Gain real-world practical and leadership skills through challenging hands-on opportunities
- Connect with subject matter experts, mentors, and decision makers
- Work in a diverse and inclusive environment and become an integral part of our Operations Engineering team
Key Accountabilities:
- Research, develops, analyze, design and test company products using engineering and scientific principles.
- Translate engineering and scientific concepts from preliminary ideas through product life cycle.
- Research and develop material and processes that support the translation from abstract concepts to functional products and processes.
- Apply knowledge of scientific methods and tools to define and characterize behavior of products, services, and processes.
- Integrate technical, cost, value, and safety considerations into the product or process definition to comply with customer, regulatory, and company requirements.
- Document results in drawings, data sets, reports, specifications, and supporting data.
- Interface with other members of project or program teams, management, and technical staff to define and implement engineering solutions to meet group, organization, and company objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- You must be enrolled full time in a university degree program aligned to the area of Co-op.
- You must be a current junior, senior or graduate student in good academic standing.
Preferred skills:
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Strong CATIAv5 skills
- Part design, assembly, wireframe and drawing workbenches
- Experience working with Boeing 737 engineering data
- Skills with Microsoft office suite
- Interest in R&D, 3D Printing technology
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.
