Parachute Systems Engineer
- Employer
- Cirrus Aircraft
- Location
- Duluth, Minnesota, US
- Salary
- Join our team!
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- Industry
- Engineering and Architecture
- Role
- Engineer
- Job Type
- Long-Term
Job Details
- Synthesize and document design and interface requirements based on FAA, corporate, customer, and technical integrity needs
- Develop conceptual through finished detailed aircraft designs that provide the best compromise of all requirements
- Create project planning products such as scope of work, identification of key tests and analyses, resource requirements, and MS project schedules
- Conduct periodic design reviews (conceptual, preliminary, critical, and production readiness)
- Coordinate the design activity with all other areas with other engineering disciplines as well as other areas of the company
- Participate in flight readiness reviews and provide decision on go-for-flight disposition for assigned systems
- Initiate and coordinate ground and flight test programs to aid in the development of these systems
- Determine, perform, and document relevant analyses to aid in the development and substantiation of these systems (including performance, FHA's, FMEA's, and SSA's)
- Determine appropriate environmental categories and conditions under RTCA DO-160 for qualification of system equipment
- Supplement Creo efforts when needed or expedient by creating 3-D models, drawings (appropriately defined, dimensioned and toleranced to ensure design intent), and other Engineering Change documentation
- Maintain proficiency in tools necessary to support analysis and design (Creo, MS project, JIRA, Windchill, and system specific software for modeling mechanical, thermal, or fluid dynamics performance)
- Expertise in scientific and engineering principles governing assigned systems, ability to develop and validate system simulations and models
- Determine supplier requirements for analysis, design, reporting, and product performance
- Coordinate supplier technical efforts and ensure high level of integration
- Write conformity test plans and reports (PSCP, test, design, and reconciliation) containing well thought out substantiation for all applicable FAA requirements
- Thoroughly understand all applicable Cirrus engineering specifications, CDEP's, Cirrus engineering forms (ECO, ECN, EWO, NCR), Cirrus Drawing Requirements manual, Cirrus configuration control and drawing release procedures, and FAA regulations and guidance material
- Thoroughly understand all FAA part 23 regulations as well as industry standards and guidance (e.g. ASTM, SAE, RTCA) applicable to assigned systems.
- Determine proposed conformity requirements for DER review using Cirrus systems such as JIRA that properly define areas to be conformed so as to ensure that the test results substantiate the new design features
- Provide drafting and design intent check for drawings and related engineering
- Maintain system expert technical knowledge on all assigned systems to solve project, production, and field issues
- Establish and maintain technical standards for the design of aircraft systems
- Maintain awareness of new technology and methods that may be appropriate for new CDC projects
Experience in the following is desired:
- 3+ years experience in an aircraft systems engineering role
- FAR Part 23 certification in relation to aircraft systems
- Parachute and textile design and testing
- Parachute ejection, extraction, and harness system design
- Airframe recovery system design and testing
- CAD experience/CREO preferred
Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Company
Since day one in 1984, Cirrus Aircraft has been committed to the future of aviation through smart safety, ease of operation and most adamantly, continuous innovation. Along the way, every turn has meant challenges and opportunities to grow general aviation–improving the flying experience as a whole.
Our goal is to utilize technology to drive enhanced safety, performance, sophistication and comfort. We are proud that today, after 30 years of dedication, the Cirrus brand is associated with these accolades and hallmarks that mean so much to us. Our line of all-composite personal aircraft-–the SR20, SR22 and turbocharged SR22T–lives up to this by incorporating advanced electronic and standard safety technologies including Cirrus Perspective by Garmin avionics and the unique Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®).
Our latest aircraft, the Vision Jet, raises the bar even higher as it ushers in a new era in personal transportation and introduces the world to “the personal jet.”
We’ve traveled far, but in many ways, we’re only just taking off. Join our team and become a part of the future today.
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