Supervisor - Airframe Engineering

2w2 weeks ago

Cirrus Aircraft

Duluth, US · Full-time · $130,000 – $170,000

About this role

The Supervisor for the Airframe Engineering team leads new product and aircraft designs. This role holds functional and technical responsibility for degreed engineers. It ensures technical competency, consistency, and standardization across the airframe design group.

Use strong Creo/PDM CAD skills, composite design and manufacturing knowledge, GD&T, structural analysis, and airplane certification experience to guide the team. Attend to administrative and personnel requirements while distributing workload to support projects. Be highly organized and decisive in daily operations.

Foster a passionate vision for the group's technical progress through leadership, communication skills, and partnerships with industry, academia, and vendors. Manage team performance by expanding functional abilities and identifying gaps. Work within a cross-functional environment focused on aircraft integration.

Demonstrate competencies like Customer Focus, Drives Results, Develops Talent, Situational Adaptability, and Manages Ambiguity. Provide technical leadership and decision-making for airframe structures. Contribute to producing models, drawings, specifications, plans, and reports.

Requirements

Strong working knowledge of aircraft structure, aircraft materials and composites
Basic knowledge of aircraft systems and aerodynamics
Strong Creo/PDM CAD skills, composite design and manufacturing knowledge, GD&T, structural analysis, and airplane certification experience
Ability to provide technical leadership, guidance and decision making
Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, and track record of leadership abilities
Ability to work both independently and within a cross-functional team
Ability to efficiently learn new skills and manage multiple tasks
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Project)

Responsibilities

Provide functional and technical responsibility for degreed engineers
Ensure technical competency, consistency and standardization of the airframe design group through Creo/PDM CAD skills, composite design and manufacturing knowledge, GD&T, structural analysis, and airplane certification experience
Develop and communicate a passionate vision for the group's technical progress using leadership, communication skills and industry, academic, and vendor partnerships
Manage administrative and personnel requirements of the team and workload distribution across team members to support projects
Analyze and interpret requirements/technical specifications of aircraft structure, materials, processes, equipment, components and systems
Produce models, drawings, specifications, plans, and reports for successful integration onto aircraft
Measure performance of the Airframe Engineering team by expanding abilities and identifying gaps