Experienced Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Englewood, Colorado, United States

Salary: $95,000–$230,000 per year, plus potential annual incentive and/or long-term incentives.

Company

Answer Engineering is a hirify.global Manufacturing engineering firm providing aerospace design and analysis services, including work on eVTOL platforms, space tourism, and complex industrial systems.

What you will do

• Design primary and secondary aerospace structures and systems across the full program lifecycle.
• Create CAD models and customer presentations using multiple CAD packages.
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines to make critical program decisions and resolve design issues.
• Lead, mentor, and collaborate with junior engineers and external engineering teams.
• Develop bills of materials, assembly and installation procedures, and weight-optimization trades.
• Support prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and flight activities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of proven engineering experience.
• Engineering degree, preferably in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident and able to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience designing composite and metallic parts and assemblies.
• Proficiency with multiple CAD programs, such as CATIA, Inventor, NX, SolidWorks, or Creo.
• Experience with aerospace materials, hardware, fabrication techniques, GD&T, analysis, and structural testing.

Nice to have

• Systems design experience in flight controls, landing gear, hydraulics, or similar systems.
• Experience with FEMAP, NASTRAN, or equivalent analysis packages.
• Rapid prototyping, machining, composite layup, inspection, and repair experience.
• Experience with design lifecycle and configuration management systems.
• Experience working on military or DoD projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Casual, open work environment with frequent company events.
• Medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and other benefits.
• Employee ownership with participation in the company’s financial rewards.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.