2026 Entry Level- Aerospace / Mechanical Engineering – Pax River, MD

At Bell, we dare to live on the edge of possibility. From supporting NASA’s first lunar mission to pioneering advanced tiltrotor systems, we redefine flight to make a real-world impact. Whether flying individuals to safety or protecting our troops, every team member at Bell is a part of something greater.

Don’t miss the chance to join our team environment where you feel a sense of camaraderie. You will collaborate with dedicated, enthusiastic teams where unique experiences, backgrounds and ideas combined with a strong passion for our products take us above and beyond flight.

Day in the Life

We are looking for inquisitive and driven engineers with a passion to innovate. From tiltrotor technology to tail sitting vehicles, our engineers work across a wide portfolio of aircraft programs. As an Engineer, you can expect to work with test directors, discipline engineers, instrumentation technicians, and test pilots to define system requirements and hardware/software implementation strategies for aircraft telemeter parameters for real-time data monitoring and collection for post-test analysis.

·        Support the flight test team for experimental tiltrotor aircraft, requiring teamwork and collaborative problem solving in a multi-team environment with direct customer contact.

·        Conduct real-time telemetry data monitoring for safety-of-flight and safety-of-test parameters during test flights.

·        Analyze test results and be familiar with airframe, rotor, drive system, and fatigue design and test data for instrumented structural parameters.

·        Disposition any exceedances of static and fatigue monitoring limits during flight.  Coordinate the notifications of these exceedances with the cognizant mechanical design and structures engineers.

·        Participate in test planning activities.

·        Provide support to address instrumentation issues (determining alternative monitoring parameters).

·        Monitor accumulated component structural fatigue damage.

·        Analyze data anomalies and prepare data packages.

·        Coordinate with team members, cognizant design & analysis engineers, and NAVAIR.

·        Review and understand all related procedures, processes, and best practices.

·        Support new aircraft and technology development as well as proprietary analytical tools and applications.

What You’ll Need:

·        A Bachelor’s degree or higher with a major in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering required