Aircraft Structures Designer San Diego, California
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Aircraft Structures Designer
San Diego, California
Description
seeking a Structures Designer to join our team in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for CAD-based structural design, model management, drafting standards development, and coordination with manufacturing. You will work across composite and metallic structures while contributing to CAD process optimization to support efficient, high-quality model development
Main Responsibilities:
- Leading company CAD efforts
- Design and develop composite and metallic primary and secondary structures
- Model management
- Drafting standards development
- Coordinate with manufacturing
- CAD process development
- Communicate and collaborate closely with the engineering team and cross functional groups
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Structures designer or in a closely related role
- Strong foundational understanding of aircraft load paths and structural behavior
- Strong foundational understanding of parametric CAD model development and management
- Experience designing bolted and bonded joints
- Expert-level knowledge of composite structures, including detailed design and fabrication methods
- Proficiency with NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks
- Experience with rapid prototype aircraft structures from conceptual and preliminary design through build
- Hands-on experience with design-for-build manufacturing, determinate assembly, manufacturing planning, and tooling design
Desired Experience:
- Kickoff through production program experience
- Rapid prototype program experience
- Hands-on composite build experience