Job Description
At Heart Aerospace, we’re shaping the future of sustainable aviation with the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric aircraft designed to carry 30 passengers with a 200 km all-electric, zero-emission range and an extended 400 km hybrid range. Heart is targeting type certification by the end of the decade. Your Mission As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Landing Gear, you will design, analyze, and develop Landing Gear Systems for the ES-30 aircraft. In this role you'll be creating new solutions from first principles, making critical trade-offs, and the opportunity to see your work fly. You'll work closely with structures, flight controls, and systems integration teams to deliver landing gear that's lightweight, robust, and optimized for our unique operational requirements. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your decisions shape the aircraft. Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Design and develop landing gear systems and components (struts, actuators, drag braces, torque links) in accordance with airworthiness requirements and customer specifications Perform structural and fatigue analyses to validate landing gear designs against static, dynamic, and impact load cases Develop and maintain detailed CAD models and engineering drawings using CATIA or similar tools, ensuring full compliance with GD&T standards Support design reviews (PDR, CDR) by preparing technical documentation, trade studies, and design justification reports Collaborate with cross-functional teams including stress, systems, manufacturing, and certification engineers to drive designs from concept through production release Interface with suppliers and subcontractors to ensure components meet design intent, tolerances, and material specifications Contribute to the resolution of technical non-conformances and engineering dispositions raised during manufacturing and testing phases <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335
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