Beehive Industries is dedicated to Powering American Defense by revolutionizing the design, development, and delivery of jet propulsion systems to support the warfighter. Through the integration of additive manufacturing, the company aims to meet the growing and urgent needs for unmanned aerial defense by dramatically improving a jet engine’s speed to market, fuel efficiency, and cost.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of design software tools as used in modelling (CAD) and analysis (FEM)
- Experience working with gas turbines for aviation product applications from a mechanical and aero design perspective.
- Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Experience working with additive manufacturing technologies and familiarity with design for additive manufacturing principles.
- Bearings, seals, and drives expertise as it pertains to expendable systems
Responsibilities
- Set the vision for the mechanical systems within the broader engine system and lead a cross-functional team of engineers from aerodynamic, thermal, mechanical, material, and manufacturing disciplines to execute analytical, design, and programmatic milestones as required from the business.
- Serve as the mechanical systems design subject matter expert as part of a diverse system design team. Ensure products and sub-systems meet overall requirements from a design perspective. Lead component and system trades from a module perspective. Coordinate with cross-functional team to optimize the overall system to meet product requirements.
- Execute design and analysis tasks across disciplines where needed in mechanical systems to support the broader team including performing static, dynamic vibration, shock, plasticity, interference, contact, and fatigue analysis.
- Lead design reviews and coordinate with other disciplines in design, performance, stress and life, additive manufacturing, materials and system analysis.
- Set test objectives and limits, instrumentation and test data requirements, and test planning to execute component validation.
- Lead methodologies to develop new technologies to optimize the overall performance of a gas turbine with additive manufacturing. Participate in the research and development of technologies and methodologies associated with additive design to drive further capability in mechanical systems.
- Work with suppliers to procure hardware and resolve producibility and quality issues.
Other
- At least 12+ years of experience in mechanical systems design
- Passion for additive technology and willingness to challenge current design limitations to further exploit the benefits of additive capability.
- Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated problem solving ability and strong program leadership and execution skills.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
