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Posted by: CHRIS INGALLS <cingalls@natleng.com> on October 16, 2009 at 10:48:29. Click here to reply to this post via Email.

Contract / Temp to Perm / Permanent: Contract
City: RICHARDSON
State: Texas
Country: United States

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer
Job Location: Richardson, TX
Job LOA: 6 months
Position Type: Contract
Openings: 1
Start Date: 11/2/2009
Pay Rate: $45/hr

***Job Description: Questions below must be answered with each candidate***

PROJECT:

The selected contractor shall support a team performing analysis,
generating trade studies, and mock-up development for a weight reduction
initiative for a DoD Avionics platform. The areas to be addressed include:
Weight and Balance; Strength/Stress; Human Systems Interfaces and
Workstation Design; Reliability and Maintability; Safety; E3 and Tempest
issues; Cooling and Thermal Design; Electrical Loads; Cost; Logistics; and
Producability.

POSITION:

Selected candidate will perform design, development, and test of equipment
and integration kits for avionics and communication systems on military
aircraft and transportable platforms.

REQUIRED:

• Experience in electronic packaging and design of components and
equipment for airborne applications (minimum 2 years)
• Working knowledge of commercial and military packaging form factors
(minimum 2 years)
• Must have design and documentation experience on a 3-D modeling
toolset - preferably Solidworks and Unigraphs (minimum 2 years)
• Candidate must have strong communication skills and the ability to
interface with team members, subcontractors, and customer representatives
• Experience in aircraft integration (minimum 2 years)
o Note: this is preferably DoD. However, experience in the Boeing or
Airbus commercial jets is also acceptable
• Do not need an active clearance in order to be submitted, but they must
be able to obtain a US DoD Security Clearance
• Prior experience performing analysis in two or more of the areas
identified in the description above, and generating trade studies from
that analysis.

PLEASE NOTE: The most important thing is either DoD avionics integration
experience or Boeing/Airbus jet integration experience. We are not seeking
candidates who have worked engines or structures (specialists), but rather
individuals who have integrated 2 or more of the subsystems into the
avionics environment.

PREFERRED:

• Experience in basic analysis of structural, dynamic, and thermal loads
with previous use of CAD modeling tools for structural and thermal
analyses
• Experience working programs with multiple contractor teams preferred

***QUALIFYING QUESTIONS***

1) Currently or in the near past worked a DoD avionics platform?

2) Currently or in the near past worked two or more of the areas
identified in the description above?

3) Currently or in the near past worked avionics integration and design?

4) Performed analysis and generated trade studies on avionics platforms?