Vehicle Configuration Design Engineer

We are seeking a Vehicle Configuration Design Engineer to join our Prime Air Drone Vehicle Design and Test team within Flight Sciences. You will be responsible for designing conceptual level vehicle configurations and layouts that integrate all subsystems and meet vehicle level requirements. Your designs will feed into our suite of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) tools to help size the vehicle and mature the design.

You will explore new and novel drone vehicle conceptual designs in both focused and wide open design spaces, with the ultimate goal of meeting our customer requirements. You will have the opportunity to prototype vehicle designs and support wind tunnel and other testing of vehicle designs.

Responsibilities:

• Design conceptual level vehicle configurations and layouts that integrate all subsystems and meet vehicle level requirements
• Model internal subsystems, major structural elements, and the OML of the vehicle
• Explore new and novel drone vehicle conceptual designs in both focused and wide open design spaces
• Prototype vehicle designs and support wind tunnel and other testing of vehicle designs
• Work closely across all vehicle subsystem teams to ensure integrated designs that meet performance, reliability, operability, manufacturing, and cost requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in air or space vehicle configuration design and integration
• Vehicle level design intuition and ability to operate & analyze at the system-of-systems level
• Proficient in CATIA/3DX
• Proficient in surfacing/lofting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field
• Specialization in one or more of the following domains of aircraft design: aerodynamics, performance, stability & control, propulsion, loads, airframe structures
• Wind tunnel testing experience
• Propeller/rotor design, analysis, and testing experience
• Experience using multi-disciplinary analysis & optimization (MDO/MDAO) tools and methods
• Experience with mechanical design and rapid prototyping