Weight and Balancing/Mass Properties Engineer III-IV
3 days ago
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is a leading defense technology company focused on unmanned systems, satellite communications, cyber security/warfare, microwave electronics, missile defense, training, and combat systems.
Our customers include the U.S. federal government, foreign governments, commercial enterprises, and state and local government agencies. At Kratos, we prioritize affordability as a cornerstone of our technology.
We leverage proven, cutting-edge methodologies and technology to minimize costs, streamline schedules, and mitigate risks, ensuring timely delivery of cost-effective solutions to market.
Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems (KUAS), a division of Kratos Defense, is renowned for its expertise in developing, delivering, integrating, and supporting high-performance, cost-effective, jet-powered Unmanned Aerial Systems (Targets and Tactical).
As a mid-tier defense contractor, we've demonstrated agility and innovation in providing aircraft to the US military and global allies and partners.
Our track record of delivering top-notch jet-powered subscale targets has established us as a go-to defense contractor capable of delivering capabilities at an affordable price.
At KUAS, we prioritize innovation, collaboration, and growth. Our team collaborates to cultivate a supportive and dynamic workplace, fostering creativity and promoting professional development while honoring personal and family lives.
Job Summary:Act as lead authority regarding the mass properties of KUAS target platforms (i.e., unmanned aerial vehicles).
Perform weight control analyses, report major aircraft design changes using mass properties database, manage database and reporting system, and develop systematic weight and balancing methodology to be applied across all platforms.
Key Responsibilities:- Develop systematic methodology for tracking and assessing vehicle weights, weight distributions, and centers of gravity (CG).
- Define weight, balancing, and mass properties related design requirements.
- Provide systematic and target configuration guidance.
- Lead efforts to design and/or modify supporting apparatus for measuring weight distributions and associated CGs.
- Develop and maintain weight, balance, and mass properties accounting system.
- Generate weight, balance reports and maintain in systematic database.
- Calculate component weights, moment arms, and mass moments of inertia from CAD models and engineering drawings.
- Define acceptable CG envelopes for external customers to ensure performance requirements are met during flight testing events.
- Conceptual and Preliminary aircraft design.
- Outer Mold Line (OML) definition including surface shaping, sizing and placement.
- Air vehicle performance requirements and analysis.
- Weight and balance estimation, tracking, and management.
- Engine inlet and exhaust design.
- Engine performance requirements/analysis.
- Develop, maintain, and document aerodynamic databases.
- Aircraft performance modeling and simulation.
- Simulation of airframe, systems, and environment.
- Classical aerodynamics analysis.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis.
- Aerodynamic loads determination.
- Wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis.
- Support various hardware/software design, test, troubleshooting, and documentation activities.
- Flight test planning, execution, and analysis.
- Analyses in support of requirements generation, verification, and validation.
- Prepare formal, controlled engineering documentation (i.e. drawings, specifications, test procedures, technical reports, etc.).
- Prepare and present design review material in support of technical interchange meetings with suppliers and external/internal customers.
- Support customer training activities.
- Foreign and domestic travel to support test activities.
Highly self-motivated.
Versatile and adaptable to diverse engineering problems.
Demonstrated strength in one or more of the listed essential job functions.
Demonstrated focus on customer satisfaction.
Demonstrated strong communication skills.
Must be able to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Ability to travel as necessary to perform job duties.
Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential information as required by government standards.
Ability to interact effectively with peers and supervisors.
Ability to interact appropriately with the public when necessary.
Ability to adhere to workplace rules.
Preferred Qualifications:MATLAB and Simulink experience strongly preferred.
Familiarity with C/C++ and Java software is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with unmanned aircraft systems and operations is preferred.
Understanding of autopilot flight control design is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with software configuration management systems is preferred.
Education and Experience:May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the appropriate level (requires U.S. Citizenship).
Bachelor and/or Masters of Science in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
8+ years of experience working in area of weight, balancing, and mass properties.
Experience using a mass properties database tracking weights and CGs.
Experience using MatLab.
Weight & Balancing/Mass Properties Engineer III
Requires BS degree in Engineering (Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering preferred).
6 + years related experience in related engineering discipline.
3+ years lead engineer experience in the aerospace industry.
Weight & Balancing/Mass Properties Engineer IV
Requires BS degree in Engineering (MS Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering preferred).
11 + years related experience in related engineering discipline.
6+ years lead engineer experience in the aerospace industry.
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