Join North Wind - Accelerating National Advantage
At North Wind, we are advancing hypersonic technologies through cutting-edge research, system development, and flight testing. Our team drives innovation in high-speed aerodynamics, propulsion systems, and mission-critical components, supporting every phase of hypersonic programs - from R&D to flight testing, if you are passionate about pushing technological boundaries in a dynamic environment, we invite you to join us.
Position Summary:
The Design and Systems Engineering Supervisor researches, plans, and designs mechanical and electromechanical products and systems.
Responsibilities:
- Supervises a small team of engineers, providing mentorship, reviewing output of team members, and driving design tasks to closure.
- Manages engineering related budgets and schedules and tracks team performance accordingly.
- Performs CAD modeling, stress hand calculations, mechanical design, instrumentation packaging, material research, tolerance stacks and other related tasks to progress the engineering solution.
- Support customer interface meetings, internal project status meetings, and tracks engineering schedule and budget performance at a task level.
- Generates project bill of materials, resource requests, engineering reports, design review presentations, assembly & instrumentation instructions, interface control documents, and other related documents to record and disseminate the engineering solution to customers as well as downstream functions.
Preferred Education / Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline with 10+ years of related experience, or a combination of education and experience equivalent to above.
- Candidate should have excellent communication skills and enjoy working in a fast-paced work environment.
- Must be a self-starter, able to work on multiple projects, and prioritize workload.
- General familiarity with aerospace research and development test products such as wind tunnel models, test engines and prototype devices; and analysis of these in the subsonic, transonic and hypersonic realms.
- US citizenship required to obtain/maintain a DOD security clearance.
Preferred Knowledge / Ability:
- Experienced in the design and analysis of gas turbine, ramjet and scramjet engines and/or liquid propellant rockets and related system design and analysis.
- Experienced with engineering CAD codes; preferably SOLIDWORKS and/or NX.
- Experienced with engineering thermal and structural analysis codes; preferably ANSYS.
- General understanding of computational fluid dynamic techniques and limitations.
- Familiar with aerospace test device instrumentation sensors and selection for specific test objectives.
- Experienced with detailed drawing, checking, GD&T and tolerance stacks.
- US citizenship required to obtain/maintain a DOD security clearance.
North Wind is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. North Wind supports safe and drug free workplace through pre-employment background checks and drug testing.
The salary range provided is a general guideline. Actual pay will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, training, and other applicable qualifications. North Wind is committed to pay transparency in compliance with applicable state and local laws.
All candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 10+ years of related engineering experience
- US citizenship required to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize workload
- Experience with aerospace research and development test products
- Experience designing and analyzing gas turbine, ramjet, scramjet, or liquid propellant rocket systems
- Experience with engineering CAD software, preferably SOLIDWORKS or NX
- Experience with thermal and structural analysis software, preferably ANSYS
- Understanding of computational fluid dynamics techniques and limitations
- Familiarity with aerospace test instrumentation sensors
- Experience with detailed drawings, checking, GD&T, and tolerance stacks
What We Do
North Wind Systems develops, designs, manufactures, and tests mission-critical aerospace and defense systems. Its work spans applied research and development in hypersonics, high-speed aerodynamics, air-breathing propulsion, materials, and systems integration; production of specialized test articles and components; flight-test systems; and ground-test facilities and services. It supports the full life cycle of aerospace, defense, and commercial programs, from early research through testing and evaluation.
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