Senior Mass Properties Engineer

**Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech.

US Citizenship Required. 

Active Secret Clearance Required.**

Lead complex mass properties analyses, weight control activities, and reporting for major fixed-wing aircraft modifications while guiding technical approaches across multiple programs.

Essential Functions:

Lead mass properties analyses, weight control activities, and reporting for major aircraft modifications using computer aided design (CAD) tools, Microsoft Excel, and related engineering systems.

Calculate and estimate component weights, moment arms, and mass moments of inertia from engineering drawings, CAD models, vendor data, and aircraft records.

Evaluate aircraft weight and balance impacts resulting from multiple concurrent modifications and develop aircraft mass distributions in support of loads development.

Establish and maintain weight control plans, target allocations, and status reporting for weight-critical programs.

Prepare aircraft weight charts, inventories, and engineering reports that document analytical results and actual aircraft weighings.

Lead mass properties tasks across several contracts and coordinate with design, structural, loads, manufacturing, flight test, and certification stakeholders.

Skills/Experience:

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline, Mathematics, or Physics and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft mass properties, fixed-wing weight and balance analysis, and weight control for aircraft modification programs.

Experience leading complex technical tasks or project initiatives with minimal oversight and providing guidance to other engineers.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, plus experience using CAD models and engineering drawings to support mass properties analysis.

Must be able to travel to and from the flight line and work in aircraft hangar environments, including boarding and exiting aircraft when required.

DoD Secret security clearance walking in the door.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience with Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) software or comparable mass properties tools.

Understanding of FAA and military weight and balance reporting requirements and airworthiness documentation.

Experience with aircraft weighing, inventories, and maintaining certified weight records.

Advanced skill in managing large data sets and automating calculations in Microsoft Excel.