Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France, and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Industrializes and scales fabrication, machining, and additive metal manufacturing processes for new aerostructure applications, with a focus on high temperature metal alloys.
Defines and performs research programs to mature concepts, technologies and processes.
Defines engineering requirements, qualification plans, and compliance approaches up front in design for metal additive manufacturing, metallic machining and fabrication, and advanced welding technologies.
Understands full life cycle requirements for product development. Defines future factory vision, concepts and options. Supports advanced metal technology manufacturing projects from concept to transition to operation through the stage gate process.
Defines engineering requirements and compliance approaches up front. Defines test and certification plans.
Assesses or evaluates product performance and manufacturing cost and viability. Perform trade studies for design alternatives.
Capable of defining necessary resources and development plans. Works in concert with key functions to align and advance research plans.
Progresses concept through initial configuration, prototyping, risk reduction and mature technology readiness.
Documents and communicate plans and evaluations for future work packages, i.e. bid and proposal.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Aeronautical Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
0-2+ years of related experience
Familiarity with metal additive technology, metal fabrication, machining, and welding technology (electron, laser beam, friction stir)
Team player, detail oriented
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
Successful candidates must be able to secure Program Access approval

Preferred Skills

Active DoD Security Clearance
Experience using 3D modeling software slicing software for additive manufacturing
Knowledge and experience with metal fabrication and machining technology
Knowledge and experience with metal additive manufacturing technologies including laser powder bed fusion and various direct energy deposition processes
Knowledge and experience with electron and laser beam welding and friction stir welding
Proficiency in CATIA or other 3D CAD modeling software
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Project, and PowerPoint

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

Defense Research & Technical Engineer

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