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Mechanical/Structural Systems Design and Analysis

Responsibilities

  • Develop, integrate, and document mechanical, fluid system, and thermal environment requirements.
  • Develop and maintain the mechanical, fluid systems, component, and installation designs using 3D computer-aided engineering tools.
  • Provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers, and customers throughout the product life cycle.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Structural Design

Responsibilities

  • Develop, integrate, and document structural requirements.
  • Develop, maintain, and modify structural and component designs using 3D CAD tools.
  • Provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers, and customers throughout the product life cycle.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Structural Analysis

Responsibilities

  • Develop, integrate, and document structural requirements to establish the system design.
  • Guide product design and verify structural integrity by using analytical methods, finite-element models and simulations, and other analysis tools throughout the product life cycle.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical, Civil

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Manufacturing

Responsibilities

  • Integrate producibility and manufacturability knowledge, information, and requirements into the manufacturing phase of the program.
  • Conceptualize and design the program architecture for build.
  • Develop advanced manufacturing and engineering technologies.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Liaison

Responsibilities

  • Develop solutions to product and process issues for production or technical in-service issues.
  • Assist with the design of interim structural repairs to restore damaged structure to the original design strength capability.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Tooling

Responsibilities

  • Develop requirements and structural designs that translate into factory hardware tooling structures.
  • Develop concepts and design and analyze factory equipment and tools to produce aerospace products.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Available Sites

Huntsville, AL; El Segundo, Huntington Beach, and Palmdale, CA; St. Louis, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Potomac region; Houston, TX; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA area

Payloads

Responsibilities

  • Document structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design.
  • Develop, maintain, and modify payload system and component designs.
  • Test to validate and verify that systems and components meet requirements and specifications.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Structural, Aerodynamics, Civil

Available Sites

Seattle, WA area

Product Support

Responsibilities

  • Research engineering drawings, maintenance documents, and supplier and airline data to develop engineering data that ensure the capability of spare part products and services throughout the airplane life cycle.

Preferred Majors

Mechanical, Aeronautical/ Aerospace, Civil/Structural, Electrical

Available Sites

Seattle, WA area