Mid/Sr. Aeromechanical Engineer - Design Job at Knightwerx, Camarillo, CA

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  • Knightwerx
  • Camarillo, CA

Job Description

Knightwerx is looking for a highly skilled and experienced engineer to work on the development of a small unmanned electric aircraft. We operate in a fast-paced development environment that balances innovation and ingenuity with practicality and reliability. You’ll be working and supported by a team of strong engineers and subject matter experts to develop an aircraft from the ground up and be involved in every step of the process.

Work Experience
  • Engineering degree or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years experience developing small unmanned, electric aircraft or similar field
  • Demonstrated ability to design and produce lightweight aircraft components, perform analysis and testing of aircraft components

Attributes
  • Innovative, hands-on, and practical
  • Multi-disciplined, problem solver, driven by engineering analysis
  • Goal driven, learns from mistakes, and closes the loop on the design process
  • Understands trades of scope for effort
  • Communicates well through discussion and documentation
  • Works well with others to develop plans and solve problems

Primary Duties
  • Assists aeromechanical team in the design and development of a small unmanned aircraft airframe
  • Contributes to the airframe design, including component layout, weight and balance, materials selection, CAD, prototyping, and fabrication
  • Develops aircraft component concepts for trade studies
  • Works with lead aeromechanical engineer to understand needs for component designs
  • Works closely with MDO, aerodynamic, propulsion, and avionics engineers to implement cross-discipline engineering decisions in to components
  • Executes build, analysis, and test plans for aircraft components

Tasks
  • Develop parts and assemblies in SolidWorks
  • Select materials and fabrication techniques
  • Carry out component prototype builds
  • Analysis of parts including first order structural, thermal, and aerodynamic through analytical or experimental techniques
  • Sources parts, outsources machining/printing/manufacturing of parts
  • Helps set up in-house machines, tooling

Skills
  • CAD, Solidworks preferred
  • Lightweight aircraft component and payload design
  • RC building and flying
  • Fabrication through machining, composites, 3D printing
  • Composite materials design and fabrication
  • Aerodynamic analysis and design
  • Structural analysis and design
  • Communication and documentation
  • Some familiarity with cross-discipline terminology and concepts

Requirements
  • Must have US citizenship
  • On-site, collaborative work environment

About Knightwerx

Knightwerx is a start-up company that was born to be game changing. From its inception, Knightwerx has focused on solving real world, mission critical problems for the government and civilian sectors. Our approach is to seek top experts for every position who are not only willing to make a lasting impact but to drive innovation and enhance the company’s direction. As such, we are not business leaders who build drones or drone builders running a business. We are both.

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