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Overview

The Aerospace Design Engineer is responsible for designing mechanical and structural systems for aerospace applications, performing analysis to optimize designs, and ensuring compliance with manufacturing capabilities and standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design mechanical / structural systems and products based on set given and derived requirements
  • Perform related analysis (simple FEA) and classical hand calculations to optimize design of product
  • Modify designs based on cost and manufacturing capabilities
  • Work with structural analysis to verify capabilities of structure before fabrication
  • Holds design reviews and presentations among peers to gain design feedback
  • Define verification methods such as component, system-level and airplane level testing, and participate in that testing
  • Assures system and product quality by confirming fabrication, assembly, and installation processes
  • Prepares product reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information
  • Provides engineering information by answering questions and requests
  • Prepares manufacturing drawings to ASME Y14.5 standards using GD&T for manufacturability and repeatability
  • Troubleshoot manufacturing and assembly issues
  • Record notes, design changes, and test results on ENBs
  • Multi-task, be a self starter, work under pressure and meet deadlines consistently
  • Creation and maintenance of a Bill of Materials for one or more projects
  • Ongoing design reviews/brainstorming sessions with engineers/designers working on projects under your control

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years mechanical design experience
  • ASME Y14.5 standards
  • Experience in airplane structural design principles and in coordinating across multiple disciplines to develop design
  • CAD experience required (knowledge of NX preferred)
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Solidworks a plus
  • Experience with the design of aircraft landing gear systems and hydraulic actuators a plus
  • U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card)
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Long Beach, CA currently run a median of $43/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $35–$55/hr across 46 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

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The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (22), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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