WHAT IS AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER ?
The Aerospace Engineer delivers expert engineering and systems management services tailored for defense aerospace initiatives. This role is pivotal in assisting clients from the acquisition to the maintenance of both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, ensuring adherence to airworthiness certification for military operations. With a strong background in developing and refining engineering policies within significant organizational settings, the Aerospace Engineer enhances process efficiencies and ensures robust aviation capabilities for defense needs.
Need-to-Know Overview of an Aerospace Engineer
1. Aerospace Engineer Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the development and tailing of company and client engineering management systems.
- Develop Plans, Instructions and technical documentation in consultation with stakeholders.
- Build and sustain effective relationships with team members, management and stakeholders.
- Tailor communication style and language according to the audience’s level of knowledge, skill and experience
- Analyze and suggest improvements to engineering policies and procedures to ensure appropriate performance against the best practice
- Support quality management, assurance and continuous improvement activities.
2. Aerospace Engineer Skills, Abilities and Experience
- A high degree of personal integrity.
- Ability to work in a team environment promoting the culture of the organization.
- Ability to work autonomously and be self-motivated.
- Ability to research to learn new knowledge and gain new skills.
- Tertiary Engineering Qualifications with 3-8 years experience or an Advanced Diploma with >8 years’ experience in an aerospace design or maintenance organization.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience in DASR, EASA, or CASA Airworthiness Regulations.
- Ability to obtain CPEng & RPEQ.
- Hold and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance of NV-1.
- Experience within an Authorised Design Organisation or Authorised Maintenance Organisation
- Experience within an Airworthiness Regulator
- Experience with UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft systems) or Drones
- Experience within the Army/working knowledge of Army practices.
- Experience with CASH BMS, Objective and Emerald2