Journeyman Aerospace/ Mechanical Engineer

Newport News, VA, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 12 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Systems Engineering
  • Evaluation
  • Data Collection
  • Reporting
  • Modeling
  • Documentation
  • White-box Testing
  • Technical Analysis
  • Aerospace
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Test Plans
  • Technical Writing
  • Security Clearance
  • Onboarding
  • Site Survey
  • Training
  • Testing
  • DoD
  • Research and Development
  • Stress Analysis
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Military
  • Aviation
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Proposal Writing
  • Recruiting

Summary

Journeyman Aerospace/Mechanical Engineer - 1 Opening

Location: Fort Eustis, VA
Work Arrangement: Primarily onsite
Clearance: Active Secret clearance; Interim Secret acceptable during onboarding
Travel: Up to 25%
Employment: Full-time; contingent upon contract award

Essnova is seeking a Journeyman Aerospace/Mechanical Engineer to provide aircraft analysis, integration, airworthiness, and testing support for U.S. Army aviation research and development projects.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support systems-engineering and technical-analysis activities for Army aviation programs.
  • Assist with defining technical performance measures for testing and evaluation.
  • Support post-test data collection, reduction, analysis, and reporting.
  • Develop or support modeling and simulation environments, system architectures, and verification plans.
  • Prepare engineering designs, drawings, analyses, and substantiation documentation for the integration of candidate solutions onto Army aviation platforms.
  • Support the preparation of aircraft airworthiness-substantiation documentation.
  • Develop and execute test plans and procedures for material, component, subsystem, full-system, environmental, electromagnetic, vibration, shock, and structural testing.
  • Prepare technical analyses and test reports addressing applicable specifications, aircraft requirements, structural loads, fatigue, vibration, and system performance.
  • Support simulations, human-in-the-loop evaluations, laboratory testing, and field testing.
  • Participate in technical interchange meetings and present engineering findings.
  • Work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
  • Academic preparation must include classical analysis, finite element analysis, fatigue analysis, and finite-life or infinite-life assessment.
  • Candidates must meet one of the following combinations:
    • Bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience generating aviation and/or research and development test plans, analyses, and technical reports; or
    • Master's degree and at least one year of experience generating aviation and/or research and development test plans, analyses, and technical reports.
  • Ability to prepare clear engineering analyses and technical documentation.
  • Ability to present technical findings at technical interchange meetings and senior-level briefings.
  • Active Secret clearance granted by DCSA; Interim Secret is acceptable during onboarding.
  • Ability to work primarily onsite at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% for site surveys, technical meetings, training, testing, and other mission requirements.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Army aviation, military aircraft, rotorcraft, or DoD research and development experience.
  • Aircraft integration or airworthiness experience.
  • Experience with classical stress analysis, finite element analysis, fatigue analysis, structural loads, vibration, or resonance.
  • Experience developing or executing environmental, electromagnetic, structural, vibration, or aircraft-related test programs.
  • Familiarity with Army Regulation 70-62 or military aviation airworthiness processes.
  • Experience integrating mission equipment or emerging technologies onto aircraft platforms.
  • Experience analyzing test data and preparing engineering-substantiation reports.

Contract Requirement

This position supports a federal proposal and is contingent upon contract award. The anticipated staffing level may change during task-order performance based on Government mission requirements.
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  • Dice Id: 10203814
  • Position Id: 79f0bde1dfe45c2d9ff2992373b24c8a
  • Posted 2 days ago
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