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# Design Engineer

- **Company:** Safran Usa, Inc.
- **Location:** Walton, KY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $71,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), SolidWorks (CAD), Failure Mode Effects Analysis
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/2270A7B94F234CE18DFC9E74D61F1812/job/

## About the Role

* Masters degrees related to the mechanics of solids

 * Experience in a successful technical project in aeronautics: +5 years preferred

 * Demonstrated significant skills in mechanical design, static & fatigue analysis, behaviors of metallic materials, CAD, DFMEA, design to cost, and design for manufacturing

 * CAD software: Experience with design tools such as CATIA, SolidWorks, or equivalent.

 * Technical documentation: Skills in drafting reports and justification documents to meet certification requirements.

 * Knowledge of manufacturing processes (forged, cast, machined, heat-treated components).

 * Skills in dynamic/vibration analysis of mechanical equipment as well as in thermal analysis are valued

 * ITAR Controlled Position: Role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency

 * Mechanical design

 * Decision Making

 * Facilitating Change and Innovation

 * Planning and Organizing

 * Quality Orientation

 * Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

 * Teamwork

 * Rigor

## Description

* Define, organize, and manage the design office activities of W&B programs in development/service, including; CAD design, sizing, calculations, and analyzing mechanical, dynamic, and thermal calculations (using the Finite Element method)

 * Ensure the technical and organizational follow-though of the program with support of designers, stress engineers, test lab, thermal and dynamic engineers

 * Ensure the interface with the internal interlocutors (test laboratory, program manager, program chief engineer, industrial management, quality, after-sales) and external (Airframers (Boeing, Airbus…), Airlines, partners and suppliers)

 * Define, organize, and manage the subcontracting activities with service providers/experts when required

 * Participate in research & technology studies and projects

 * Contribute to the continued advancement of the programs used and the overall Design Engineer role

 * Be willing to make occasional trips within our production sites, suppliers, partners, customers, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers; in the US, France, and abroad

 * Perform other related duties as required

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