Aircraft Structures Designer San Diego, California Description seeking a Structures Designer to join our team in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for CAD-based structural design, model management, drafting standards development, and coordination with manufacturing. You will work across composite and metallic structures while contributing to CAD process optimization to support efficient, high-quality model development Main Responsibilities: • Leading company CAD efforts • Design and develop composite and metallic primary and secondary structures • Model management • Drafting standards development • Coordinate with manufacturing • CAD process development • Communicate and collaborate closely with the engineering team and cross functional groups Requirements • Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Structures designer or in a closely related role • Strong foundational understanding of aircraft load paths and structural behavior • Strong foundational understanding of parametric CAD model development and management • Experience designing bolted and bonded joints • Expert-level knowledge of composite structures, including detailed design and fabrication methods • Proficiency with NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks • Experience with rapid prototype aircraft structures from conceptual and preliminary design through build • Hands-on experience with design-for-build manufacturing, determinate assembly, manufacturing planning, and tooling design Desired Experience: • Kickoff through production program experience • Rapid prototype program experience • Hands-on composite build experience