Aerospace Industries Association
Aerospace and Defense: The Strength to Lift America

Project Engineer, National Aerospace Standards

Job Description: The Aerospace Industries Assocation seeks a Project Engineer to report to the Director, Standardization in support of the National Aerospace Standards program. AIA maintains a collection of standards and procurement specifications for components that are used in the aerospace industry.

AIA is updating and modernizing its entire active standards collection to ensure that all standards are current and in an editable, electronic format. The Project Engineer will be responsible for:

• reviewing an electronic version of a standard (in MSWord);
• verifying accuracy of the electronic version with the original version of the standard (including the text and mechanical drawings);
• ensuring that material specification call-outs are current;
• updating or recreating the drawings as needed using AutoCAD LT 2009/2010;
• addressing comments from the National Aerospace Standards Committee (NASC) for corrections before publication of the standard.

The Project Engineer will provide engineering support to the NASC to maintain the NAS collection through a 5-year review process.

Qualifications:
-Mechanical engineering degree (BSME)
-Experience in components / standards / materials engineering preferred
-2-3 years experience required; additional experience preferred
-Proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external teams
-Capable of creating 2D and 3D CAD drawings
-Proficiency in MSWord and AutoCAD LT
-Familiarity with standards and material specifications
-Capable of handling multiple projects
-Some travel required.