Senior Engineer, Engine Test Structures

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St. Paul, MN, USA
In-Office
118K-140K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace
The Role
Leads structural engineering for aerospace test facilities and heavy equipment used in jet engine test cells. Responsibilities include structural design and analysis, calculations, drawings review, requirements and risk management, technical documentation, customer design reviews, construction and fabrication support, contractor coordination, site surveys, budgeting, scheduling, and proposal development. Requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and approximately 25% domestic or international travel.
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OverviewThe Senior Engineer – Engine Test Structures is responsible for the design and construction of specialized aerospace testing facilities and the detailed design of heavy structural test equipment used in jet engine test cells and other aerospace ground test environments. This role leads complex structural engineering projects from concept through implementation, ensuring safe, reliable, and innovative solutions that support advanced aerospace testing programs.
Responsibilities
  • Design and Analysis - Develop or reuse facility and equipment design solutions to meet customer requirements. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary project team, including Project Manager, subcontracted local A&E, and internal engineering disciplines, to ensure functionality of the facility and equipment interfaces.  Prepare detailed calculations for equipment and provide direction, review, and approve the designer’s drawings to ensure specifications are met.
  • Scope, Schedule, Budget - Perform engineering tasks on schedule and within budget. Ensure system design aligns with as-sold scope, customer requirements, quality standards, and industry codes.  Communicate regularly with the project team on status, issues, and variances to the plan. 
  • Documentation - Document and present work in accordance with quality requirements. Prepare design criteria, calculation packages, procurement specifications, technical reports, validation plans, and product manuals. Participate and lead internal and customer design reviews.
  • Requirements – Develop and oversee the project design requirements document. Delegate updates of the design requirements throughout the project to the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Risk Management – Oversee and review the risk documents for equipment deliverables, delegating completion to the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Technical Leadership – Serve as a technical team representative in executive and customer meetings. Coordinate collaboration meetings between internal engineering disciplines and ensure technical information is shared between disciplines and organizations.
  • Support - Provide remote and on-site engineering support during building construction and Aero-Acoustic equipment fabrication and installation. Review contractor work for compliance, respond to contractor questions and RFI’s, and coordinate field engineering changes, conduct site surveys.
  • Quote - Assist marketing in developing proposals for future work.  Develop concepts, facility layouts, cost estimates, proposal write-ups, analyses, options, and recommendations.  Serve as subject matter expert when presenting to customers
Qualifications

Preferred Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Architecture.
  • 7+ years of related discipline or;
  • A combination of education and experience equivalent to the above

Preferred Knowledge / Ability:

  • Proficiency in structural engineering with a working knowledge of architectural details.
  • Construction experience, including field observation, coordination with contractors, and application of engineering design principles during project execution.
  • Working knowledge of Electrical and Mechanical engineering.
  • Experience with FEM modeling using RISA, ANSYS, or similar structural analysis and design programs.
  • Familiarity with national building codes and design codes, including IBC, Eurocode, AISC, ACI, NFPA, FM Global, and CE compliance.
  • Experience writing technical specifications.
  • Proficiency with CAD: AutoCAD, Revit, and SolidWorks preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and leadership skills, demonstrated initiative and attention to completeness, accuracy, and detail.
  • Must be a self-starter, able to balance priorities between multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet budgets and schedules.
  • Ability to work effectively and productively as an individual contributor and collaborate as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • 25% international and/or domestic travel
  • Valid passport
Salary Range (min)USD $118,000.00/Yr. Salary Range (max)USD $140,000.00/Yr.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent education and experience
  • 7+ years of related engineering experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Structural engineering experience with working knowledge of architectural details
  • Construction experience, including field observation and contractor coordination
  • Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering
  • Experience with FEM modeling using RISA, ANSYS, or similar structural analysis software
  • Knowledge of national building and design codes, including IBC, Eurocode, AISC, ACI, NFPA, FM Global, and CE compliance
  • Experience writing technical specifications
  • Proficiency with CAD software, preferably AutoCAD, Revit, and SolidWorks
  • Strong interpersonal, presentation, leadership, organizational, and communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects while meeting budgets and schedules
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively on multidisciplinary teams
  • Willingness and ability to travel approximately 25% domestically and internationally
  • Valid passport
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The Company
HQ: Buffalo, NY
366 Employees
Year Founded: 1943

What We Do

In order to develop the world’s greatest innovations, our customers must overcome many technical challenges to transform their creative concept, into a commercially viable product. To resolve such roadblocks, innovators within the aerospace, automotive, commercial transportation, and motorsports industries seek out the assistance of Calspan. Through our collaborative and flexible approach, diverse skill sets, and unique assets, we assist these innovators by conducting research, testing, and evaluations that accelerate development and reduce time to market. Calspan's diverse workforce has locations all across the country. The transportation division and main corporate headquarters are located in Buffalo, NY and the headquarters for Flight Operations are located in Niagara Falls, NY. Additional test pilot training locations include Patuxent River, MD, and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The Crash Data Research division has breakout locations in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Calspan Systems provides RDT&E engineering and manufacturing solutions with sites located in located in Newport News and Hampton, VA, San Diego, CA and Ronkonkoma NY. The ASE team provides a host of aerodynamic solutions located in St. Paul MN.

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