Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators & Controls
Description For Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators & Controls
Skyryse wants to empower anyone, to fly anywhere, in any aircraft, safely and as a highly experienced pilot would. Powered by SkyOS, we automate flight controls and systems management to achieve unmatched safety and eliminate opportunities for human error. We want to make flying as ubiquitous as the road and as safe as the elevator.
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on mechanisms, actuators, and controls along with secondary structures, you will own the full lifecycle of key mechanical LRUs (line replaceable units) for our rapidly expanding portfolio of fixed wing and rotorcraft platforms. This includes prototyping, designing, and analyzing manufacture ready instances of electromechanical cockpit flight controls, novel electromechanical actuators, and flight certifiable aircraft interfaces. The role involves collaboration with test pilots, flight control engineers, software engineers and airframe specific experts to determine design criteria and build solutions quickly and effectively. You will be hands-on with each fixed wing and/or rotorcraft model you design, working to bring our vision to life.
This role offers the opportunity to change the world through improving aviation safety and accessibility. You'll be part of a company with an ambitious vision, a dynamic work environment, and a team of smart, motivated, and fun to work-with colleagues. The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $250,000, and you'll be eligible for a valuable stock option plan, heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans, and 20 days of paid time off (PTO) plus 5 sick days annually.
Join Skyryse and be at the forefront of revolutionizing the aviation industry!
Responsibilities For Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators & Controls
- Drive designs through concept, prototyping, testing, and production release
- Design, prototype and test electromechanical actuators, joy-stick assemblies, and related mechanical assemblies and components
- Design, prototype and test new mechanical items such gears, shafts, bellcranks, actuator housings, electronics enclosures, various types of motion assemblies, cockpit flight control locations and instrument layouts
- Selection and sizing of related components such as electric motors, potentiometers, LVDTs, RVDTs, gears, ballscrew assemblies, bearings, fasteners
- Selection of materials, finishes, and processes while considering operating loads, fatigue, environmental conditions
- Develop assembly procedures for LRUs
- Ownership of detailed drawing layouts, geometric tolerancing and dimensioning
- Utilize 3D modeling and 2D drafting packages to deliver detailed designs with considerations for production and test
- Perform tolerance stackups, hand stress and kinematic calculations, motor and gear-train analysis, FEA, and CAD
- Perform DFM (design for manufacturability) on your designs and work with manufacturing partners to ensure manufacturing quality control
Requirements For Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators & Controls
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- 7+ years of professional working experience in a full cycle mechanical engineering role
- Experience with structural static analysis (hand calculations and FEA)
- Experience with common aerospace materials, finishes, and processes
- Experience in production drawing release efforts
- Familiarity with static, fatigue, shock and vibration analysis
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes
- Hands on build experience
- Strong understanding of engineering first principles
- In-depth knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stackup analysis
Benefits For Senior Mechanical Engineer, Actuators & Controls
- Valuable stock option plan
- Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans
- 20 days of paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually
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