Staff Payload Integration Engineer, Omen

Highlights

• Own mechanical integration of mission payloads into Omen Group 3 airframe.
• Design quick-swap mounts and rails for field-reconfigurable sensor payloads.
• Work on runway-independent tail-sitter with 50-system production contract.

Ideal candidate

Mechanical integrator passionate about aircraft hardware that flies, who thrives solving fit-integration puzzles across structures and manufacturing to deliver lightweight, field-serviceable designs.

Requirements

• BS or higher in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related discipline
• 12+ years in mechanical design and integration with structural mounting, mechanisms, or payload/subsystem integration on aerospace or defense platforms
• Strong understanding of load paths, structural joints, and fastened connections in mixed composite and metallic assemblies
• Proficiency in CAD (NX preferred; SolidWorks or equivalent) for part and assembly modeling
• Ability to perform structural sizing via hand calculations and classical methods including bolt, lug, bearing/bypass analysis
• Working knowledge of FEA tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, or NASTRAN) to build and interpret models