Mechanical Design Engineer

The role

This person will design and substantiate the primary structure of a next-generation system including airframe, arms, landing gear, payload interfaces, and ground systems. Work involves aero-structures, FEA analysis, and structural testing.

What you will do

• Design complex aero-structures in SolidWorks, including bonded and fastened joints
• Perform static, modal, buckling, and fatigue analysis using FEA, validated with hand calculations
• Own margins of safety and structural substantiation for flight-critical parts
• Run material, layup, and process trade studies balancing weight, stiffness, cost, and producibility
• Plan and execute structural tests and correlate with analysis and flight telemetry
• Work with suppliers on DFM and first articles
• Lead failure analysis on flight hardware

Required qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or related)
• 4+ years of structural design and analysis on aircraft, UAV, automotive, or weight-critical hardware
• Proficiency with FEA tools (e.g., Ansys, SolidWorks Simulation)
• Strong hand-calculation skills
• Experience designing and analyzing composite structures and joints
• Proficiency in SolidWorks and GD&T
• Hands-on structural test experience

Nice to have

• MS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• UAV, eVTOL, or certified aircraft experience
• Familiarity with DER substantiation or ASTM F38
• Composite manufacturing knowledge (layup, cure, bonding, NDI)

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.