Aircraft Interior Engineer Jobs

Description

About the Opportunity:

You will be at the forefront of the next generation of highly talented interiors designers and engineers at Aircraft Company. The interior of our aircraft is where we directly interface and with our aircraft owners and passengers. Passenger experience is an area of highest importance to our product, and you will join our Interiors team to lead the development of the features, functionalities, and overall Integration of the Cabin Seating System, including Forward/Aft facing Seats seats as well as Side-Facing Seating/Divan. Our objective is to bring to market a seating system that offers class-leading ergonomics and comfort for our passengers, and combines high-end styling and material finishes with smooth and reliable mechanical function in a lightweight package, through initial requirements definition, conceptual design and detailed engineering, testing/certification, and industrialization through to final delivery into service.

As Seating system Integrator you will be the primary engineering knowledge-owner for Aircraft Company and act as primary technical focal point for collaborating suppliers. Your responsibilities will include defining system functionalities and technical requirements, developing technical solutions for these features in collaboration with our selected Seating system supplier, leading integration activities with interfacing and related cabin systems (including aircraft Structures, Liners and Monuments, Industrial Design teams, and interfaces with the overall cabin environment), managing supplier deliverables and schedules, and guiding the overall system from initial definition through engineering design, testing, certification and entry into service. On a given day you may host regular supplier progress and technical integration meetings, develop and provide program status reports, evaluate and supplier prototype components in our mockup or test bench, co-develop design and aircraft installations with our manufacturing team, create human factors and passenger ergonomics assessments, develop/review and release technical engineering drawings, or undertake testing and system certification activities. You will be given the opportunity to apply your outstanding experience and future vision, using judgement and autonomy to guide the future of business aircraft cabin experience. This position affords an expectation of strong personal and professional growth within our agile engineering teams.

Your Key Responsibilities

• You will research and develop a wide range of materials, installation techniques, modular system strategies, and design-for-manufacturing strategies.
• You will be expected to utilize novel approaches to solve complex and challenging problems.
• Validate engineering designs per engineering core principles, design standards, processes and industry best practices.
• Technical integration with interfacing aircraft systems, including Structures, Cabin liners and monuments, other relevant aircraft components, as well as with Interiors Industrial Design and Human Factors teams to maintain highest quality cabin experience.
• You will be working in a fast paced environment, and will embrace constantly evolving tasks and priorities. This will include materials and technology research, cabin interior systems design, features definition, detail engineering and analysis, CAD Integration, aircraft level troubleshooting, and supporting airplane build. You will become a key contributor with rapidly increasing levels of responsibility.
• Lead a Cabin Interior System Integrated Product Team (IPT), a cross functional team of Aircraft and Supplier experts. You will work closely with programs and project engineering to ensure crisp project status, weight and cost management, Requirements compliance, and overall system functionality.
• Work with Manufacturing and Customer-Service teams to ensure design for modularity, manufacturability, maintainability, and ease of future upgrade.
• Ensure adherence to program milestones and objectives.
• You will collaborate daily with other engineers, with other divisions within Aircraft Company and with external Suppliers. This will require strong communication skills, initiative and a desire to listen, learn, and lead.
• Make technical and program-related recommendations to engineering leadership.

Qualifications

Education, Work Experience, Certification and/or Licensure:

• Masters' degree in Engineering preferred.
• Bachelors' degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering from a four year college or university is required. (In lieu of degree, management may elect to consider individuals with a equivalent years of combined experience and training.)
• 5+ years of engineering experience with at least three years of design engineering and supplier integration experience directly related to mechanical/interior design for commercial aircraft.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• In-depth knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Familiarity with 14CFR Part 23/25.
• Ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels within an organization and present data clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work independently or within a team environment.
• Proficiency in CATIA V5 workbenches or equivalent 3D modeling tools (i.e. - Solidworks, Unigraphics, etc).
• Proficiency in Teamcenter (or equivalent PLM tool).
• Working knowledge of conceptual design development of aircraft interiors.
• Ability to work cross functionally with Quality and Production to resolve issues on the production line.
• Working knowledge of industry standard (i.e. - parts lists, bill of materials, parts and standards callout, etc).

The Structures Company is a national staffing firm specializing in contract, contract to hire, and direct hire placement opportunities. Our clients rely on us to support their engineering, IT, Production, Maintenance & Repair, and support staff. Our niche recruiting team is one of our biggest strengths and is why we are a top provider of talented professionals to the majority of our clients. They will help you identify the opportunity that best fits your interests while also providing industry-leading customer service.

We support the majority of aerospace OEM's and tier 1 suppliers across the United States.

The Structures Company LLC is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer (or AA/ EOE)