ESSCO, an L-3 Communications company, is currently seeking a talented Composite Design Engineer for our radome manufacturing product line at our Ayer, MA facility. ESSCO is the world’s premier designer and manufacturer of ground-based radomes and antenna products. ESSCO also specializes in turnkey mobile telecommunications solutions for commercial broadcasters, as well as various federal, state, and local government agencies. ESSCO has a proven reputation for providing the highest quality, custom designed broadcast systems for electronic and satellite news gathering (ENG/SNG), as well as providing cutting edge communications platforms.
L-3 Communications, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading provider of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and products, secure communication systems, aircraft modernization, training and government services, and is a merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products. ESSCO offers a competitive salary, including a matching 401K Plan, and a friendly, business casual work environment. Relocation assistance is available.
Responsibilities:
The qualified candidate will be responsible for the design, development, and manufacturing support of radomes, including ground based composite and metal space frame, shipboard, airborne and submarine radomes, precision reflectors and other composite material products
Must be able to design and proof composite molds, develop material solutions using the most appropriate resin systems, prepare materials and other composites, to create and evaluate oven cure cycles, and to evaluate cost versus performance trade-offs for different composite materials
Will be using mechanical design software including Inventor™ 3-D or Solid Works models and AutoCAD™ 2-D drawings, and developing Task Lists and bills of material (BOM) for customer projects
Will conduct Finite Element Modeling of composite materials
Will occasionally be called upon to create and present information for Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM) and to prepare Customer Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP)
Assist in maintaining and improving engineering standards, procedures, reference libraries, Inventor™ 3-D models, reference BOMs, and Task Lists
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Materials, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering or related field from an accredited institution required
Master’s degree and Professional Engineer (PE) highly desirable
Minimum of five years experience in composite material design required
Radome or reflector related design experience highly desirable
Experience with Solidworks™ or Inventor™ and AutoCAD™, and Autodesk Vault or PDM Works and experience with large and complex CAD models will be needed
Preference given for Inventor™ modeling experience
Must have a firm grasp of document and revision control
Experience with PDM Works (preferred) or Autodesk Vault™ highly desirable
Excellent computer skills, particularly understanding of Windows™ interface, navigating a network, file organization, making back-ups, email literacy, and Excel™ and spreadsheet literacy
Understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) systems required
Understanding of Visual™ operating system highly desirable
Must have the capability to drive a design from concept to detail drawings, assembly drawings and BOM, to prototyping to production, including the ability to generate multiple design concepts based on a given set of requirements and to identify trade-offs
Must be able to complete assigned projects on time and within budget and with adherence to engineering standards, including Item Master, BOMS, modeling architecture, software libraries, task lists, and related procedures
To Apply:
Please send resumes with salary requirements to: L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc. Attn: HR 90 Nemco Way Ayer, MA 01432 fax: (978) 772-7586 e-mail: esscocareers@L-3com.com
Quatro Composites™, a wholly owned business of Tec Industries, LLC, is an Iowa-based advanced manufacturer offering a full line of services from design, analysis, prototyping, and production of advanced composite products. Quatro manufactures and engineers products for the aerospace, military/defense, and medical markets. The business operates in two locations, Orange City, Iowa, (Headquarters, Manufacturing & Distribution) and Poway, California (Technical Development Center). If you are interested in working with exciting, professional people united as a team, then consider joining us at Quatro Composites. This position is located at our Technical Development Center in Poway, CA.
Responsibilities:
Independently plan, schedule, and perform computations/analyses
Prepare and make presentations, and document results in technical reports
Perform analyses in support of the design and design verification of composite components and structures
Analyze complex features of the work and apply principles and practices of structural analysis, or devise new approaches in problem solutions
Thoroughly review all results from assigned tasks and determine if outputs are complete, correct, integrated with project objectives, and adequately documented
Follow existing processes and procedures and recommend process improvements where appropriate
Requirements:
BS degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
2-5 years experience designing, analyzing, and testing spacecraft structures
A minimum of 2 years experience in the analysis of composite structures using utilizing database and allowable properties. Experience should include the application of finite element methods and the assessment of failure mechanisms such as rupture, yield, buckling, fatigue and fracture. Experience with structural composite design and optimization using Hypermesh and Optistruct is desired.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to take designs resulting from FE and optimization-based analysis through to completed 3D models and manufacture-able final designs
Strong knowledge of stress and deflection analysis of structural systems, using strength of materials hand calculations and Opti-struct finite element analysis software is required
Experience with the design and analysis of joints containing mechanical fasteners, adhesives, welds, and composite/metallic interfaces is desired
Strong knowledge of composite manufacturing techniques and typical aerospace materials
Specific experience with the design and analysis of composites preferred
Design experience with a strong knowledge of SolidWorks
Knowledge of CATIA, ProE, FEMAP, Matlab, and Mathcad a plus
Quatro Composites™, a wholly owned business of Tec Industries, LLC, is an Iowa-based advanced manufacturer offering a full line of services from design, analysis, prototyping and production of advanced composite products. Quatro manufactures and engineers products for the aerospace, military/defense and medical markets. The business operates in two locations, Orange City, Iowa, (Headquarters, Manufacturing & Distribution) and Poway, California (Technical Development Center). If you are interested in working with exciting, professional people united as a team then consider joining us at Quatro Composites. This position is located at our Technical Development Center in Poway, CA.
Responsibilities:
Independently plan, schedule, and perform computations/analyses
Prepare and make presentations, and document results in technical reports
Perform analyses in support of the design, and design verification of composite components and structures
Perform closed form calculations where required
Analyze complex features of the work and apply principles and practices of structural analysis, or devise new approaches in problem solutions
Thoroughly review all results from assigned tasks and determine if outputs are complete, correct, integrated with project objectives, and adequately documented
Follow existing processes and procedures and recommend process improvements where appropriate
Set up and lead physical testing activities for carbon composite material property characterization
Develop empirical design curves to support the analysis of composite structures
Requirements:
BS degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
5-8 years experience designing, analyzing, and testing spacecraft structures
A minimum of 5 years experience in the analysis of structural systems using strength of materials and finite element based methods is required
Familiarity with composite structural meshing and analysis is desired
Experience should include the application of finite element methods and the assessment of failure mechanisms such as rupture, yield, buckling, fatigue, and fracture
Excellent communication skills are required
Strong knowledge of stress and deflection analysis of structural systems, using strength of materials hand calculations and Opti-struct finite element analysis software is required
Experience with the design and analysis of joints containing mechanical fasteners, adhesives, welds, and composite/metallic interfaces is desired -Strong knowledge of aerospace manufacturing techniques and typical aerospace materials; specific experience with the design and analysis of composites preferred
Set up and lead physical testing activities for carbon composite material property characterization
Knowledge of SolidWorks, Catia V, ProE, Matlab and Mathcad a plus
Experience with laminated composites, Opti-struct, Hyperworks required with NASTRAN and/or ABAQUS desired
