Aerospace Engineer II 37083 - Vector Talent Resources, Inc.

Location: Mostly remote in Layton, Utah
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Paid Holiday
Pay: Up to $43/Hour
 
Looking for a full-time Aerospace or Mechanical Engineer to join its F-16 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) engineering support team.
                                                                                                                                                                     
Candidate will primarily support F-16 ASIP Engineering personnel in numerous engineering tasks, including, but not limited to analyzing aircraft inspection data, performing aircraft service life analyses, performing health of the F-16 fleet studies, and responding to engineering technical assistance requests. Candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently with little supervision. Candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and communicate directly with the customer. Candidate must be willing to travel and interact with foreign representatives.
 
Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering analysis and repair recommendations to F-16 maintainers through engineering technical assistance requests to support and maintain aircraft.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on aircraft special inspection programs, including Individual Aircraft Tracking (IAT) and Analytical Condition Inspections (ACI)
• Monitor, mine, analyze, update, and report aircraft and part inspection data.
• Analyze and evaluate individual and fleet-wide aircraft service life data.
• Mine and analyze stress, crack, fracture, and failure data.
• Recommend inspections, retirement thresholds, and other parameters impacting aircraft service life.
• Perform engineering analyses as directed by F-16 ASIP Engineering personnel.
• Provide engineering expertise to support and maintain F-16 structural integrity.
• Perform and evaluate risk analyses.
• Perform other engineering related tasks as required.
• Collaborate with military, civilian, and contracted engineers in performing all of the above tasks.
• Position will initially be located at Hill Air Force Base, transferring to a partial remote position after integration.

 
Required Education and Skills:

• B. S. degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
• 2+ years engineering or analyzing aircraft or similar structures.
• Thorough understanding of mechanics of materials concepts
• Thorough understanding of stress, strain, cracking, metal fatigue, and related mechanisms
• Demonstrable experience modeling stresses across a surface
• Fundamental knowledge of probability and statistics, and the ability to apply them to risk analyses.
• Strong grasp of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Office software
• DoD Secret Clearance, ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a favorable government background check.
• U. S. Citizenship is required.

 
Desired Education and Skills:

• Prior experience with F-16 or other similar aircraft structures and programs
• Familiarity with a USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
• Awareness of corrosion, fretting, other environmentally assisted degradation, fatigue, and failure mechanisms
• Understanding of standard Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) techniques used on aircraft structures.

 
 
Vector Talent Resources is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age or genetic information.