Aircraft Structures Designer

San Diego, California

Description

seeking a Structures Designer to join our team in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for CAD-based structural design, model management, drafting standards development, and coordination with manufacturing. You will work across composite and metallic structures while contributing to CAD process optimization to support efficient, high-quality model development

Main Responsibilities:

• Leading company CAD efforts
• Design and develop composite and metallic primary and secondary structures
• Model management
• Drafting standards development
• Coordinate with manufacturing
• CAD process development
• Communicate and collaborate closely with the engineering team and cross functional groups

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Structures designer or in a closely related role
• Strong foundational understanding of aircraft load paths and structural behavior
• Strong foundational understanding of parametric CAD model development and management
• Experience designing bolted and bonded joints
• Expert-level knowledge of composite structures, including detailed design and fabrication methods
• Proficiency with NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks
• Experience with rapid prototype aircraft structures from conceptual and preliminary design through build
• Hands-on experience with design-for-build manufacturing, determinate assembly, manufacturing planning, and tooling design

Desired Experience:

• Kickoff through production program experience
• Rapid prototype program experience
• Hands-on composite build experience