American Airlines

Engineer/Sr Engineer, Operations Engineering

American Airlines$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required
  • Knowledge of jet aircraft performance, navigation, and weight and balance
  • Master's Degree in Engineering preferred
  • 5+ years experience in aircraft performance or weight & balance engineering preferred
  • Experience with Airbus and Boeing performance programs preferred
  • Familiarity with database and programming software preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and programming languages like FORTRAN, Visual Basic, C#, SQL, .NET, SAS, Java preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze airport runway data for takeoff performance calculations
  • Create and assess special procedures for Engine-Inoperative departures
  • Evaluate mission capabilities for specific routes
  • Conduct weight & balance assessments and maintain records
  • Load necessary data into dispatch and support systems
  • Develop Flight Manual and Performance Handbook data
  • Address inquiries from pilots and operations personnel
  • Support engineering analysis for operational initiatives
  • Monitor aircraft performance data and develop business cases for tech projects
  • Audit performance data and implement new business processes.

Benefits

  • Travel perks for employees and their families across American Airlines' global network
  • Comprehensive health benefits from day one, including dental, vision, and virtual doctor visits
  • Robust wellness programs aimed at employee health and satisfaction
  • 401(k) program with employer contributions after one year
  • Additional benefits such as Employee Assistance Programs, pet insurance, and discounts on various services.
Full Job Description
7/27/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 86984

Job Description

What you'll do

  • Analyzes airport runway information required to create takeoff performance data
  • Creates and analyzes Engine-Inoperative Special Turn Procedures for airport runways requiring special departure considerations; coordinate with appropriate Flight Operations personnel to ensure the viability of proposed procedures
  • Analyzes mission capabilities for specific city pairs
  • Performs weight & balance analysis and maintains aircraft weight records as required
  • Creates and loads data required for use of dispatch systems and other support systems
  • Creates data required for the Flight Manual (FM) and Performance Handbook (PH)
  • Responds to queries by pilots, dispatchers, load agents and operations planning personnel as required
  • Responsible for handling aircraft engineering and analysis efforts for operations groups and participating in departmental technology projects
  • Provides technical support duties for a fleet of aircraft and will act as business unit coordinator for applications development
  • Monitors aircraft performance and related databases, data mining & analysis, developing business case for technology projects, identifying customer requirements, sourcing testing and quality assurance tools, and documentation
  • Audits performance data, defines new business processes, use of standard industry analysis techniques such as engineering analysis, data modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis


All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
  • Knowledge of jet aircraft performance, navigation and/or weight and balance


Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Masters degree in Engineering
  • 5+ years of experience in aircraft performance or weight & balance engineering
  • Experience with Airbus and Boeing performance programs
  • Experience with database and programming software
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Software and knowledge of FORTRAN, Visual Basic, C#, SQL, .NET, SAS, Java, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and XML/HTM


Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Ability to effectively communicate operational topics to other employees as well as with manufacturing representatives
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, shift priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment


What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
  • Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more


Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
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