The Fuel System Engineer is responsible for fuel cell design oversight (to include qualification testing) and fuel system integration design on the Bell 360 program. Tasks include system architecture definition, system analysis, system component specification, supplier management, guiding internal and external fuel cell design, aircraft fuel system integration from concept to final design, fuel system component qualification/validation, and detail part design.
Position Responsibilities:
* Developing fuel system requirements and architecture, including fuel containment and fuel management
* Direct the design and analysis of the fuel system and integrating the fuel system into the aircraft in coordination with interfacing systems
* Managing supplier development and qualification efforts
* System design, requirements management, systems specifications, interface management, system safety assessment, verification and validation testing, aircraft flight test, and aircraft/system qualification and certification
Providence, RI
Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. The company’s Textron Aviation segment manufactures and sells business jets, turboprop and piston engine aircraft, and military trainer and defense aircraft; and commercial parts, as well as provides maintenance, inspection, and repair services. Its Bell segment provides military and commercial helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and related spare parts and services. The company’s Textron Systems segment offers unmanned, marine, and land systems; simulation, training, and other defense and aviation mission support products and systems; airborne and ground-based sensors and surveillance systems, and protection systems; precision guided weapons systems; armored vehicles, turrets, and related subsystems, as well as marine craft; test equipment and electronic warfare test, and training solutions; piston aircraft engines; and intelligence software solutions.
This segment also designs, develops, manufactures, installs, and maintains full flight simulators; and offers logistics support services. Its Industrial segment offers blow-molded plastic fuel systems and fuel systems, including pressurized fuel tanks for hybrid applications, clear-vision systems, catalytic reduction systems, cast iron engine components, and other fuel system components primarily to automobile OEMs, as well as plastic bottles and containers for various uses; golf cars, off-road utility vehicles, recreational side-by-side and all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, light transportation vehicles, aviation ground support equipment, professional turf-maintenance equipment, and turf-care vehicles that are marketed to golf courses and resorts, government agencies and municipalities, consumers, and commercial and industrial users.
The company’s Finance segment provides financing to purchase new and pre-owned aircraft and helicopters. Textron Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.