Electro-Mechanical Engineer

Electro-Mechanical Engineer

Position Overview

At Aurora Flight Sciences, we design, build, and fly advanced aircraft and enabling technologies from concept to reality. We are searching for a talented and self-motivated Electro-Mechanical Engineer to help us create the future of flight. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

Responsibilities

As an Electro-Mechanical Engineer, you will demonstrate ownership across all phases of development from proposal through successful design, qualification, integration, flight testing, and production. Responsibilities may include:

• Design, development, fabrication, and integration of vehicle subsystems including selecting the best design solutions for system layouts, electronics packaging, wire harnessing and component selection.
• Supporting design, procurement and testing of avionics components.
• Design electrical and avionics hardware including avionics mounting shelves and brackets, antenna and lighting installations, electronics enclosures/packaging, and wire harness design and routing.
• Analyze the avionics hardware installations with respect to stress, fatigue, thermal, vibration, and electrical bonding concerns.
• Manage the flow of electrical and avionics systems components through design reviews, the fabrication phase, component-level testing, and integration onto the vehicle.
• Coordinate with suppliers
• Generating high-quality engineering documentation and designs
• Support component and aircraft level development and certification to military and commercial standards (MIL-STD-516, MIL-STD-810, DO-160, ARP4754, AS50881, etc.)
• Support aircraft ground and flight test campaigns

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a US Person
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) field
• Minimum 3 years' relevant industry experience

Preferred Requirements

• Relevant experience with 3D design and CAD tools (Catia preferred)
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Productivity Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio)
• Demonstrate engineering aptitude, critical thinking, and comfort with ambiguity
• Effective communication, written and verbal, working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary program teams
• Ability to analyze and resolve hardware/software integration issues
• Ability to use lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers
• Experience with UAVs
• Experience with Model Based System Engineering and requirements management (Cameo Systems Modeler, DOORS, etc.)
• Familiarity with military and commercial industry standards such as DO-178, DO-254, DO-160, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, ARP4754, ARP4761, AS50881, etc.
• Relevant education and/or experience in one or more of the disciplines listed below:
• Aviation/aircraft systems
• Electrical Installations
• Avionics Installations
• Antenna Installations
• Military Vehicle Electronics or Equivalent Industrial Applications
• Wire Routing, Wire Harness Design, and Electrical Part Design
• Secondary Structure Design
• Electrical bonding
• Considerations for Lightning and RF Energy
• Thermal, Vibration, and Stress Analysis
• Technical Project Management
• Electric Propulsion Design
• Software knowledge of: Catia V5, Catia V5 Electrical Workbench, SolidWorks

Physical Requirements

• This is a hybrid position, you are expected to work on-site at our Manassas, VA site at least 3 days per week
• Ability to lift 10kg preferred

Salary Range (Annualized USD)

• Minimum Range: $73,000.00 to $129,000.00
• Maximum Range: $87,000.00 to $154,000.00