JOB DESCRIPTION: Test Engineer, Aerospace

CONTRACT TYPE: Full Time

LOCATION: On-site in Rockford, IL.

WEBSITE: www.ingeniumaerospace.com

COMPANY HISTORY

Ingenium Aerospace was formed in 2006. The current ownership group consists of Steve Carter and Darrin Kopala. Ingenium Aerospace is proud to employ a staff of talented professionals who are committed to customer focused products and services. We are a small, flexible, and fast paced company.

INGENIUM AEROSPACE LLC: CORE VALUES AND FOCUS

Ingenium Aerospace highly values our associates as dynamic interactive parts of our team. Our associates tend to be multifaceted and multitask each day. Associates are involved in the decision-making process and developing solutions to our customers challenges. We value our associates by providing an environment that fosters respect, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and success.

At Ingenium Aerospace, we meet the needs of our customers by providing custom solutions in the mechanical actuation and rotating components area. We do this with quality products that are focused primarily in the military and defense, aerospace, and space industries. We meet the needs of our associates by providing a fun and friendly working environment such that our associates want to come to work every day. We also offer our suppliers the opportunity to provide quality products to us and be a part of our customer focused team.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Test Engineer is a critical function in the Ingenium organization, responsible for a variety of aerospace electro-mechanical motion control products and actuation systems. This position requires experience with testing electro-mechanical actuators or similar products, preferably for the aerospace or similar highly regulated industry that requires testing for harsh conditions.

This position may be filled at either a junior or senior level. It is a multi-functional position, so the candidate must be comfortable with performing multiple, often dissimilar, tasks. The candidate must also be highly adaptable to change in daily activities and must also be a strong hand-on designer with broad engineering knowledge.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

· Provide engineering inputs for conceptual trade studies and detailed proposal efforts.

· Contribute to the creation of detailed models and layouts/concepts for new applications.

· Participate in aspects of product design, including checking review/approve detailed piece part drawings including but not limited to: Standards Compliance, Producibility, Tolerance Studies, Stress, Reliability, Material Selection and Thermal Studies.

· Contribute to the creation of reliability studies, fault trees, FMECA’s, system safety and hazard assessment, etc.

· Act in the capacity of an engineering technical liaison and support to manufacturing, assembly, test equipment, suppliers, and customers.

· Support electromechanical and mechanical test equipment for each product application.

· The candidate must be hands on and willing to work in the shop environment to build prototypes and support production issues.

· Help to oversee the day-to-day activities and schedules for outside services related to design, drafting and analysis. This includes defining the scope of work and oversee the effort of ME technical specialists (drafting, materials engineering, stress analysis, dynamic analysis, etc.).

· Assist in the evaluation of compliance to all technical customer requirements.

· Help to create and strengthen our design standards, PDM vault administration and aerospace configuration management practices.

· Engage with our customers as needed.

· Assist in executing and creating certification plans and testing documentation such as ATP’s, ATR’s, QTP’s, QTR’s, V&V, Compliance Matrices, Etc.

· Help drive efforts to achieve cost to produce targets, this includes cost reduction opportunities on existing programs.

· Help to further develop, document, and modernize our current analysis tools.

· Help to ensure new designs consider reuse of parts currently in inventory.

· All other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

MIMINUM REQUIREMENTS

· B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent degree.

· Minimum of 5 years directly applicable experience.

· Working knowledge of Labview and related laboratory test systems.

· Direct experience with common laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, meters, and similar measurement systems.

· Experience specifying and selecting components for, and constructing, complex laboratory test and data acquisition systems.

· Experience with troubleshooting complex test equipment and test systems.

· Basic electrical knowledge and ability to solder simple circuits, construct test cables, and make electrical connections.

· Strong analytical background.

· Strong written and oral communications skills.

· Knowledge of Aerospace Military and FAA design requirements.

· Familiarity with common manufacturing processes and methods.

· U.S. Citizen Only (No Dual Citizenship).

Physical Requirements and Visual Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with impairments to perform the essential functions.

• The office environment is considered normal. Temperature and noise levels in the plants require regular use of personal protective equipment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is frequently required to talk, hear, and use hands to type on keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• An associate must have the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow the CDC guidelines.

Application Question(s):

• Are you a US citizen (no dual citizenship)?

Work Location: One location

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