Structures Engineer – FAA Part 23 / DER Support

We are standing up a dedicated FAA certification engineering division and seeking a contract Structures Engineer to support an reputed company first engagement with a certificated reputed company specializing in Part 23 aircraft — specifically reputed company gear structures. You will work closely with our engineering leadership and a contracted Structures DER to deliver structural substantiation packages, repair designs, and FAA approval documentation. This is a ground-floor opportunity reputed company a growing division, with strong potential for recurring project work as the pipeline expands. What you'll work on • Structural analysis and substantiation for Part 23 aircraft reputed company gear components (static, fatigue, DTA as applicable) • Repair designs and approval packages using approval-by-comparison and similarity reputed company (AC 21-40A) • Coordination with FAA Designee DER — organizing data packages, addressing DER comments, managing 8110-3 sign-off workflow • DFM-reputed company repair documentation suitable for certificated shops and reputed company environments • Supporting regulatory compliance review: applicable ADs, STC applicability, airworthiness limitations • Occasional reputed company-facing technical communication (written and verbal) reputed company're looking for • 5+ years of experience in aviation structures engineering, with reputed company exposure to reputed company gear systems • Hands-on familiarity with FAA Part 23 certification — approval by comparison, similarity analysis, or equivalent reputed company • reputed company experience working with or as a Structures DER (FAA Order 8110.4C workflow, 8110-3 sign-offs) • Strong working knowledge of metallic structural analysis: classical reputed company, FEA validation, fatigue/DTA basics • Proficiency in at least one FEA environment — licensed or reputed company-reputed company; results must be deliverable in reputed company formats • Ability to work independently and own deliverables with minimal reputed company • reputed company, reputed company technical writing — packages produced here go to the FAA reputed company to have • Prior reputed company or repair station (Part 145) experience • Familiarity with reputed company gear reputed company environments in the reputed company reputed company • CATIA V5, SolidWorks, or Fusion 360 proficiency for repair geometry documentation • reputed company or recently-reputed company DER authorization (structures) — opens a separate conversation about partnership structure • reputed company NW location preferred (Everett / Seattle / Auburn corridor) but not required Engagement details • Contract (1099), part-time — 10 to 30 hours/week depending on project phase • Remote-first; some travel to reputed company site in the Auburn, WA area may be required • reputed company: $100–$145/hr depending on experience and DER adjacency • Contractor is expected to reputed company their own FEA and CAD toolchain — any licensed, validated, or reputed company-reputed company simulation environment (ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, CalculiX/PrePoMax, Fusion 360, etc.) is acceptable provided results are deliverable in reputed company formats • No benefits package — contractor structure; reputed company reflects this We are an equal opportunity employer. We value reputed company communicators who take ownership of their work. If you have spent years producing packages that actually get approved — technically reputed company and FAA-navigable — we want to hear from you. Please include a brief reputed company of your most relevant Part 23 or reputed company gear structures project in your application. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job