Job Description

Rock West Composites, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a mid-level Composite Design Engineer. This position is located at our San Diego, CA location and reports to the Director of Design Engineering.

Rock West Composites, Inc. is an engineering and manufacturing company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for aerospace and defense customers.

Position Summary:

The Composite Design Engineer will be able to design, model, and generate drawings of deliverable products, molds, tooling and fixtures in collaboration with program management, customers, other engineering team members, manufacturing engineers and production personnel. Design work is primarily conducted in Solidworks.

Essential Responsibilities May Include:

• Perform computer-aided design of components and subsystems primarily using SolidWorks to program specifications for performance, cost, schedule.

• Working knowledge of aerospace composite materials, manufacturing processes and integrated design of advanced structures that are lightweight, dimensionally stable, designed for manufacturability, and high precision.

• Perform design of composite molds and tooling, trim tooling, assembly jigs, and quality inspection fixtures to support production activities.

• Work with teams of design and manufacturing engineers on integrated projects to establish clear lines of communication and support project schedule, supply chain, and incorporate in-process design changes.

• Participate in customer product design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR etc) and interact with project management regarding design refinements.

Education and Experience:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Structural Engineering

• Proficiency in SolidWorks or similar CAD programs

• Working knowledge of drawing standards including GD&T practices

• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant composite design experience

• Experience with composite tooling including interaction with manufacturing engineering and production staff.

• Knowledge of MSOffice suite: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams

• Required: U.S. Person

• Desired: Ability to obtain security clearance

Why should you want to work with us? Rock West Composites cares about our employees! Not only do we offer great benefits to our full-time employees (Medical & Dental 100% employer paid, vision, profit sharing, employee stock option program, paid time off and 401K match), we offer a fun and friendly working environment!

Rock West Composites is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status or any other basis prohibited by state or federal law. Rock West Composites holds employees’ safety as a high standard and strictly enforces a No Drug and Alcohol Policy and pre-employment and random drug testing.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact 858-537-6260.

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