About this role
Role Overview
- Create and review drawings, define project plans, procure parts, materials and equipment
- Manage suppliers to design test fixtures and execute test programs
- Create instrumentation definition, calibrate instrumentation, and install instrumentation
- Lead small test teams to drive programs to completion
- Collaborate multi-disciplinary teams including design, loads, M&P, and analysis teams to define tests which validate design details
- Develop and review company and FAA test plans and test reports for static and fatigue testing
- Collect and analyze data from testing
- Design test stands, fixtures, DAQs
- Define testing procedures, SOPs, and best practices
- Enforce safety and test protocol in the structural test lab
Requirements
- Experience with NX and/or FEMAP/Nastran software
- Strong fundamentals in structural and mechanical analysis
- Experience with Data Acquisition Software (LabVIEW, MTS, Load Star)
- Prior hands-on experience with aircraft design, analysis, or structural testing
- Solid problem skills and the ability to make decisions quickly
- Experience using Instron, MTS, or other testing systems
- Experience with electronics, circuitry, soldering
- Ability to lift 50lb
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Knowledge of FAA aircraft certification test requirements for Part 23 / Part 27 aircraft
Benefits
- Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs.
- Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.