Senior Airframe Structures Design Engineer
Location: US, MI, Ann Arbor
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Education: Master's Degree
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace

Company profile:
Vayu builds affordable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for healthcare supply chain management and post-disaster aid delivery.Currently, healthcare providers and disaster relief responders depend on costly, slow, and unreliable transportation by motorcycles, cars, and trucks to serve remote communities. One billion people live all or part of the year without access to all-weather roads. Vayu's UAVs will provide affordable, fast, and reliable delivery of vital goods to these isolated areas, both on a regular basis and in times of crisis.Our offices are in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA and New Delhi, India.

Description:
Vayu is seeking an experienced Senior Airframe Structures Design Engineer to join our growing team in Ann Arbor, MI. This position requires an action and results oriented individual who can effectively achieve demanding development and production goals.Serve as a senior-level member of a design team providing design of airframe structural elements. Primary product lines for design activities will be unmanned aerial vehicles, modification of existing aircraft structures, and design-to-build activities for commercial aircraft.Things to Consider1. We are hiring for entrepreneurial positions, at an entrepreneurial company. This means you’ll need to be resourceful and creative, while also following the processes that will allow us to scale quickly.2. We hire for culture and greatness. We are looking for well-rounded people who are willing to commit wholeheartedly to our cause for the next couple of years and grow alongside the company.3. This is a massive opportunity for the right person. The opportunity for upward mobility at Vayu is tremendous, but only if you’re willing to put forth the effort.ResponsibilitiesAbility to lead a team from 5 to 10 engineers. Develop tasking for personnel assigned to the program to ensure successful completion of project objectives. Responsible for manufacturing engineering activities for assigned projects in development and production of aerospace composite structure and systems fabrication and assemblies. Ensure design schedule, customer requirements and cost metrics are appropriately tracked and executed to ensure customer satisfaction. Prepare and presenting Airframe Design technical, schedule and cost status.Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, quality control and other departments as required to take the design from conception to production. Prepares documentation to support design decisions and to resolve issues.

Requirements:
Masters with +3 years of relevant experience or PhD degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university. Experience with the composite part detail process, including composites stacking sequence, lamination theory, bonded assemblies, manufacturing assembly and fabrication processes, post-cure machining operations. Demonstrated ability to lead a team consisting of Design, Analysis and Manufacturing personnel.

Benefits:
Selected candidate will be offered an excellent base salary commensurate with experience, along with competitive equity stake.