Weapons Engineer

Avion Solutions - Huntsville, AL

Full-time - Senior

Huntsville, AL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, seeks candidates for a Weapons Engineer to support Army Aviation. This position is based in Huntsville, AL.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for Army aircraft-based weapons and weapons.
• Review and produce reports on technical drawings, design documentation, test procedures, test plans, test results, airworthiness qualification specifications, airworthiness releases, and safety assessment reports.
• Witness system tests.
• Attend technical exchange meetings, requirement reviews, test readiness reviews, and design reviews.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or Physics.
• Minimum of 10 years of work experience in a technical field.
• Experience working in an aviation-related field.
• Must be a US Citizen and have/able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time. US travel only.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Apache, Blackhawk, Chinook, FLRAA, fixed-wing aircraft, and/or UAS.
• Experience with developing and assessing the airworthiness of Army aircraft.
• Experience with ballistic testing and analysis.
• Experience with the design, testing, and analysis of armor panels.
• Familiar with DoD, Army and/or FAA airworthiness requirements standards.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.