Performance Technical Specialist III

Gulfstream • Savannah, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Performance Technical Specialist III to lead aircraft performance work for the current fleet and new product development. The role translates product requirements into design targets and tracking parameters, develops performance models and methods, and analyzes aircraft performance throughout all phases of flight and across overall missions. It supports optimized testing, data reduction, design compliance, certification, product development, and fleet sustaining activities.

The position is responsible for major, technically complex engineering projects and makes authoritative technical decisions with broad impact. It applies advanced or specialized expertise, leads innovative engineering concepts, works independently under consultative direction, develops standards and guides, and plans investigations where engineering precedents may be lacking. The specialist also provides technical leadership and mentoring, addresses customer and operator questions, and supports Sales and Marketing with performance data and competitor analysis.

The position is based at 500 Gulfstream Road in Savannah, Georgia. It is full-time, on the first shift, with travel up to 25%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or a related engineering field, and 13 years of experience in the offered job or a related position; alternatively, a relevant master’s degree and 11 years of experience, or a relevant Ph.D. and 9 years of experience.
• Experience with aircraft performance projects across conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, flight testing, certification, and post-certification sustaining activities.
• Experience developing innovative aircraft performance methods using flight test and simulation.
• Experience applying first-principles analysis to fixed-wing aerodynamics, propulsion, and performance.
• Experience with airplane flight characteristics, weight, and balance.
• Experience defining and developing certification roadmaps for new aircraft performance methods.
• Experience with transport-category airplane certification projects under Part 25 for multiple certification authorities, such as FAA, EASA, TCCA, and ANAC.
• Experience with Fortran, MATLAB, Visual Basic, IADS, and Unix/Linux.
• Experience with Take-Off Performance Awareness and Altering System (TOPAAS) and Runway/Overrun Awareness & Alerting System (ROAAS).
• Experience with aircraft product design.
• Legal authority to work in the United States.
• The job description also lists a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related applicable curriculum and 13 years in a specific technical discipline, or 15 years of broad engineering experience across several technical disciplines with a bachelor’s degree. Related advanced-degree experience credit is limited to 2 years for a master’s and 4 years for a Ph.D. in applicable fields.
• The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade is established by the relevant discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in engineering or a related applicable curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for aircraft performance for the current fleet and new product development.
• Translate product requirements into design targets and develop key tracking parameters for decision-making during development.
• Create performance models for optimized test procedures, data reduction, design-compliance demonstration, and certification documents.
• Use computer-based tools to analyze airplane performance during takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, go-around, landing, and overall mission analysis.
• Evaluate aircraft performance factors to support product development.
• Review flight-test plans for certification projects.
• Coordinate with aviation authorities, including FAA and EASA, regarding compliance with performance regulations.
• Develop and review applicant positions for Issue Papers and CRIs.
• Develop and review certification plans and compliance checklists.
• Analyze flight-test data to support airplane performance database development.
• Prepare, review, and approve certification compliance reports.
• Prepare, review, and approve performance data for airplane flight manuals, operations manuals, and avionics software.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to younger engineers.
• Respond to customer and operator inquiries about published performance data.
• Support Sales and Marketing with aircraft performance data and competitor analysis.
• Prepare and verify aircraft performance contractual guarantees.
• Support new product development programs and fleet sustaining issues.
• Prepare performance data for new models and derivatives of current models.
• Maintain legacy computer analysis programs and support development of modified and new software tools and methods.
• Lead major, complex engineering projects within established scope and make authoritative technical decisions and recommendations.
• Develop innovative principles and ideas; independently determine improved methods or procedures to optimize technical product, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Develop standards and guides for diverse engineering activities.
• Conceive and plan investigations in important areas where engineering precedents are lacking.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior