Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems (R4891)
Designs liquid cooling and hydraulic fluid systems for jet-engine VTOL military UAV, including components, analysis, sizing, and supplier engagement. Requires 5+ years experience, BS in Mechanical Engineering, strong CAD and fluid analysis skills (Simscape/Amesim).
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design components and fluid systems for liquid cooling and hydraulic fluid systems on X-BAT jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform.
- Engage with suppliers.
- Perform system and component analysis and sizing.
- Own multiple aspects of X-BAT’s fluid systems.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
- 5+ years experience with fluid or hydraulic system design, component design, system analysis, supplier management, requirements management.
- Demonstrated ability to execute design, build, test with rigor at speed.
- Strong CAD skills (NX preferred).
- Demonstrated proficiency with fluid or hydraulic system analysis, including 1st principles, Simscape, Amesim.
- Ability to work independently in fast-paced, cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with environmental and operational robustness (vibration/shock, thermal extremes, contamination, corrosion, sand/dust).
- Experience supporting ground test and flight test campaigns and system checkout, failure investigations.
- Familiarity with reliability and safety methods (DFMEA/FTA, fault containment, safe-state thinking).
Skills
Nx, Simscape, Amesim, CAD, Dfmea, Fta, Hydraulic Systems, Fluid Systems, Systems Analysis, Supplier Management
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