Lead Engineer, Airframe Design

Responsibilities

• Guide trade studies, conceptual design layouts, and release of details and assemblies for major primary and secondary airframe structures
• Lead development of new manufacturing technologies, engineering tools, and airframe structural designs
• Coach, mentor, and develop others on the Airframe Design team on technical topics and various design methods
• Work closely with structural analysis and test engineers to make decisions on test requirements
• Document design configurations and decision justifications for milestone design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR)
• Define the scope of supplier work and represent the company to suppliers as final technical authority

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a relevant engineering field
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in airframe design
• Experience with aircraft conceptual design and development programs and Rotorcraft design/industry
• Proficiency in CAD software (Catia, UG, Pro-E, Solidworks)
• Proficiency in composite structures design and fabrication
• Proficiency in design optimization and load path analysis
• Experience in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Familiarity or expertise with MRB, structural testing, flight test, or test data monitoring/evaluation
• Familiarity with certification process
• Project Engineering experience/skills

About the Company

Supernal is an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company that’s developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle and the ground-to-air ecosystem to support the emerging industry.