Weights & Mass Property Engineer 3

Job Title: Weights & Mass Property Engr 3
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Oklahoma City, OK (Hybrid - Tues, Wed, Thurs required to work onsite)
Shift timings: 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Summary:
Seeking a Mid-Level Weight and Mass Properties Engineer to join the Flight Systems Capability team in Oklahoma City, OK, with the opportunity to provide engineering and technical decisions for Military Aircraft (B-2, B-52), Military Derivative Aircraft (AEW&C (737), AWACS (707, 767), ETS&S(C-32/C-40, E-4B, VC-25A, VC-25B), Tankers (KC-135, KC-767)) and other diverse aircraft and projects!
The Mass Properties team is looking for an individual with experience in aircraft weight and balance analysis. In addition, this position will require the ability to comprehend contract statements of work requirements, define task execution details, estimate task durations, and schedule and monitor team task execution.

Job Description:

• Develops complex weight, balance, and mass properties data. Determines approaches to developing data and analyzes and compares results. Defines complex weight, balance, and mass properties related to design requirements.
• Participates in developing customer specification commitments.
• Provides complex vehicle or system configuration guidance. Leads individual design team weight control efforts.
• Estimates, calculates and measures, and verifies mass, weight, stiffness, and inertias of components, assemblies, and completed vehicles or systems.
• Develops and maintains weight, balance, and mass properties accounting systems and generates weight and balance reports.
• Creates, develops, and implements new processes and tools to facilitate improved design and analysis capabilities. Works under general direction.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry.
• 3+ years of experience in weights and mass properties engineering.
• Experience using CATIA or similar design modeling tools.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Aircraft weight and balance report generation.
• Understanding of commercial derivative aircraft (707, 737, 747, 757, 777, 787) or similar platform interior compartments and standard aircraft primary/secondary hardware and aircraft system components.
• Large aircraft weighing experience.
• CATIA V5/V6 experience.
• Aircraft control surface weighing experience.
• PC platform computer skills is highly desired, especially with Excel and Word.
• Possess good interpersonal communication skills (written & verbal) in a team-oriented environment.
• Experience leading teams or projects.
• Ability to interact professionally with customers, suppliers, and field & production representatives.

Typical Education/Experience:
Typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.