New

Design Engineer

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C.
$60-71
sick time, 401(k)
United States, Texas, Grand Prairie
Apr 29, 2026
Design Engineer Location:Grand Prairie, TX Job ID: #72482 Pay Range: $60-71 We desire an experienced and highly motivated UAS mechanical design engineer to design, integrate, and test UAS components and systems as part of rapid prototyping and fielding programs and R&D projects. Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional or specific products. Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products. Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers. Required Experience: - Minimum 6 years mechanical design experience in Military/Defense/UAS systems - Minimum 6 years experience & proven track record of delivering design concepts, detailed drawings, and hardware that have progressed to prototype or production. - Minimum 6 years experience using PLM/ERP tools (e.g., Windchill) for change control, configuration management, and traceability. - Minimum 6 years experience in small air vehicle design and development projects. - Minimum 2 years experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) - Minimum 1 year experience with Bill Of Materials (BOM) - Minimum 2 years experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) - Minimum 4 years experience with Complex Mechanical/Electrical Concepts - Minimum 2 years experience with Part Tolerancing - Collaborative mindset and ability to coordinate design teams - Proven analytical skills to resolve weight, performance, and requirement trade?offs Benefits provided:401K,medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices. Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at accommodations@butler.com.