Fuselage Mechanical Designer
Description
Design the next-generation fuselage and structural components for SFU Rocketry’s launch vehicle, with a focus on CAD design, load analysis, and composite manufacturing. You’ll be responsible for developing lightweight yet robust structures that can withstand launch and flight conditions while integrating seamlessly with propulsion, avionics, and payload systems.
The ideal candidate is an MSE, ENSC, or SEE student who is excited about mechanical design and aerospace structures. You’ll work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, gaining hands-on experience in SOLIDWORKS part/assembly creation, finite element analysis (FEA), materials and composites selection, and rapid prototyping. If you’re motivated by curiosity, eager to learn best practices in structural design, and passionate about problem-solving, SFU Rocketry is the place to bring your engineering skills to life.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
Technical Duties
Design of parts and assemblies using SOLIDWORKS
Simulations of parts and assemblies in various stresses or thermal conditions
Drawing creation for manufacturing following proper GD&T standards
Exploring material types and manufacturing methods
Developing durability and temperature testing plans, and implement improvements learned from these tests
Collaborate and communicate with software and hardware engineers about requirements, needs, and capabilities
Create documentation on work done, for shared learning and continual team advancement
Attendance of Team Meetings
Regularly attend the team meetings and work sessions hosted by your Lead
Actively contribute to the synchronization, brainstorming, discussions, and decisions made within your team meetings
Perform other duties as needed
Role-Specific Key Qualifications
Demonstrated technical abilities within the Mechanical Engineering field
Thorough understanding of what is taught in first year engineering design courses with knowledge of all stages of mechanical design (ideation, simulation, design, manufacturing, etc)
Typical MCAD software (SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, etc) and how they can be used to create parts, assemblies, drawings (GD&T), and simulate various stresses, thermal conditions, and dynamic loading (vibration, buckling, fatigue)
Knowledge of manufacturing methods (additive and subtractive), and material properties
Hand-tool, powered-tool, and assembly abilities (drills and drill presses, saws, fasteners, etc)
Knowledge of cryogenics, carnot cycle, or other thermodynamics principles is a significant asset
