Associate Project Engineer

Company: Northwest Aerospace Technologies

Job field: Mechanics

Location: Everett, Washington, United States

Contract type: Permanent

Contract duration: Full-time

Required degree: Bachelor's Degree

Required experience: More than 3 years

Professional status: Professional, Engineer & Manager

Salary range: Annual Salary - USD: $68,000 - $113,300

Northwest Aerospace Technologies (“NAT”), a Safran Company, is the only EASA DOA Certified aircraft interior reconfiguration group in the United States. Focusing on commercial and military aircraft, NAT provides first class services in design, engineering, quality, certification, and manufacturing for a variety of Blue Chip customers.

Position Summary:

The Associate Project Engineer supports Project Engineers or Senior Project Engineers on large scale aircraft modification projects and develops the skills to lead large scale projects independently. The Associate Project Engineer also leads smaller projects with the guidance of Engineering Management and/or Project Engineering. The Associate Project Engineer is the technical leader of a specific product or project and is responsible for ensuring the Engineering package conforms to customer requirements, company format, quality system procedures and regulatory requirements. The Associate Project Engineer develops Engineering deliverables in support of a project.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Associate Project Engineer has the following scope of work:

1. Performs research, data acquisition, and Engineering deliverables (drawings and documents).
2. Ensures that design content conforms to company quality standards, customer statement of work and applicable certification requirements.
3. Perform statement of work development to fulfill customer requirements. Develop engineering actions, deliverables (drawings & documents), parts definition and resource requirements as required to fulfill the customer requirements.
4. Assists with the development of the Engineering package content, and ensuring that the budgetary and schedule performance is achieved.
5. Assists with technical communication and coordination with the airline customer and their suppliers and provides support for the technical discussion at customer meetings.
6. Create and review engineering drawings, and approve drawings, engineering orders, substantiation documents and aircraft manuals. Develop approval authority for drawings and documents as supervised.
7. Assign and monitor aspects of engineering work packages.
8. Resolve technical issues.
9. Managing aspects of projects for the successful completion within the schedule and budget.
10. Contribute to the preparation of NAT proposals, including the development of the statement of work, non-recurring engineering estimates, and the parts kit list.

General Notes:

All employees have an affirmative duty to protect and maintain the confidentiality of NAT products. As business conditions change it is necessary that all employees productively react and handle other essential tasks as assigned now or in the future. Tasks may vary slightly based on products produced at division.

Job Requirements:

The Associate Project Engineer should possess the following:

1. Four-year technical degree and at least three (3) years relevant industry experience.
2. In lieu of a four-year technical degree a combination of other relevant formal technical training and at least three (3) years relevant industry experience is required.
3. Three (3) or more years of aerospace engineering experience.
4. Experienced in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and AutoCAD.

Skills/Abilities:

The Associate Project Engineer should demonstrate the following skills:

1. Task Management
2. Troubleshooting/problem solving
3. Ability to work independently or within a team
4. Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
5. Understanding of customer's expectations
6. Ability to prioritize, multi-task effectively, and work under pressure
7. Superior attention to detail

Working Conditions:

Does require fluent communication in English. Protracted or irregular hours may be required. Must be comfortable working to meet firm deadlines, thus completing work on time.

Physical Requirements:

Occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group.