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Eleven Recruiting

Project Engineer

Eleven Recruiting, Los Angeles

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One of our largest Aerospace Manufacturing clients is looking for a Project Engineer to join their team onsite in Burbank, CA.
The Project Engineer shall be responsible for New Product Development Programs to customer technical requirements and procurement specifications. They will be involved in all phases of New Product Development; including, but not limited to:

  • Technical Proposals
  • Preliminary to Detailed Design of customer Line Replacement Units (LRUs)
  • Development Part Fabrication Technical Support
  • Qualification / Certification testing thru Entry-into-Service (EIS)
  • Sustaining Engineering Efforts
Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical leadership of New Product Development programs
  • Work with internal IPDT (Integrated Product Development Team) and external customerIPDT may require the candidate to lead small engineering teams, typically co-located
  • Must use knowledge of engineering discipline, processes, and tools in order to develop and maintain an overall project Master Schedule aligned with customer milestones
  • Within the project Master Schedule, the candidate must develop project subtasks to drive the internal IPDT to ensure designs are compliant to customer technical requirements and procurement specifications
  • Within these project subtasks of the Master Schedule, the Project Engineer II position would also be responsible to prepare, review, approve, and ensure the completion of: Engineering Drawings (internal manufacturing and customer drawings), Engineering Documentation to support Qualification/Certification efforts (i.e. ATP, QTPs, etc.), Engineering analysis to support Qualification/Certification efforts (produced by self or providing technical guidance to supporting engineers); including but not limited to: stress analysis, pressure drop analysis, thermal analysis
  • Conducting project status and process presentations for leadership and external customers. As required, the candidate will defend technical positions
  • The Project Engineer may also interface with vendors and suppliers to ensure product and project compliance, and will communicate any non-compliance and the results of any internal project audits to pertinent parties
  • The candidate will also mentor and coach lower level engineers, and participate and/or lead in internal and external audits (i.e. AS9100 audits, customer quality audits, etc.)
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering. M.S. Preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in metallic or composite ducting and motion compensator design per ARP 699 guidelines as Project / Systems Engineering Focal, or equivalent experience in ECS (Environmental Control System), bleed air, or AMS (air management system) full-system or component design in the following industries: Valves (pneumatic or electro mechanical), Heat Exchangers, Turbo Machinery, Fuel Tank Inert Systems (FTIS, OBIGGS, OBOGGS, NGS, etc.), Wing-Anti Ice Systems, Ram Air Systems, High Pressure or Low Pressure pneumatic systems, Structural design
  • Experience with aircraft certification to EASA, Transport Canada, CAAC, and/or FAA 14 CFR FAR 25 requirements.
  • Experience from program award (kick-off) to Milestones such as: PDR (Preliminary Design Review), CDR (Critical Design Review), PRR (Production Readiness Review), SOF (Safety of Flight), EIS (Entry-into-Service).
  • Project Management Skills and good interpersonal skills, including working with internal or external customers and resources.
  • Experience delegating work and supervising non-direct reports (engineering support staff: design engineers, analysts, drafters, test technicians).
  • Experience writing certification documentation, such as: ATP, QTP, QTR, etc.
  • Experience with sheet metal and/or composite manufacturing / forming processes.
  • Experience with the MRB process, and preferred engineering disposition authority.
  • Test experience per RTCA-DO/160 or MIL-STD-810 (vibration and environmental tests)
  • Participates and/or leads in internal and external audits.
  • Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to read / support the creation of 3D models and 2D drawings with dimensioning and tolerance per ANSI/ASME Y14.5 standards.
  • Support manufacturing team during the Product Development Phase (i.e. initial design for manufacturability and redesigns, as required during the development phase).
  • Thorough understanding of industry specifications, such as MIL, AN, MS, NAS, ASTM, AMS, etc.
  • Experience in mentoring role of junior engineers desired.
  • Preferred experience with analysis tools such as FEA / FEM tools MSC NASTRAN / PATRAN, ANSYS, ATA NASTRAN / FEMAP
  • Preferred experience with CAD software (CATIA V5 or Solidworks)
  • Preferred test experience with LabVIEW data acquisition / control VIs
  • Recognized as an emerging authority within the leadership team in current position.
  • 21.25% or less travel

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Function: Manufacturing
Salary: $120,000-130,000