Sikorsky Aircraft will open a new engineering center in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2007 to support the company's growing U.S. government, commercial and aftermarket business. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
The new 25,000-square-foot facility located at First Command Plaza will be staffed with 100 or more experienced aerospace professionals drawn mostly from the Fort Worth-Dallas area. Upcoming job fairs are set to begin in January.
Particular skill sets required include dynamic system design and analysis, avionic systems integration and aircraft handling qualities. The facility will duplicate the information technology hardware found in Sikorsky's main facilities in Connecticut and West Palm Beach, Fla. This will allow the Fort Worth Engineering Center to operate real-time and seamlessly with these and other Sikorsky facilities.
"Sikorsky is on pace to meet our plan of doubling revenues over the five-year period between 2003 and 2008,” said Mark Miller, Sikorsky’s vice president for engineering. “The Fort Worth region is rich with experienced aerospace professionals who could make immediate and long-lasting contributions to some of the aerospace industry's most exciting development programs,"
Current production programs at Sikorsky include the Black Hawk and Naval Hawk helicopters for the U.S. government and international customers, and the S-76 and S-92 helicopters for civil customers. Development programs include the CH-53K for the U.S. Marine Corps, the CH-148 Cyclone for the Canadian Maritime program, the new S-76D helicopter, Black Hawk and Naval Hawk upgrades, and the X2 Technology demonstrator.
Within the past year, Sikorsky has hired nearly 600 new engineers for its Connecticut and Florida operations and opened a new engineering center in Huntsville, Ala. The company has also opened engineering design centers staffed by third-party engineering service providers in Indiana, Kentucky and Montana.
In the coming weeks, Sikorsky will post employment information and schedules for upcoming job fairs for engineers and skilled aerospace professionals in the Fort Worth-Dallas area at http://sikorskycareers.com.
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