CAD Designer

CAD Designer 

1-year contract.

Clearance: eligible to obtain Secret only

Hybrid: 3-4 days in office

Experience with ARAS Innovator (a PLM system) is required. 

Minimum of 5 years of experience, but 8 years is the ideal target.

The Digital Engineering Center (DEC) promotes the utilization of digital models to drive design of complex systems? through data authoring, data connectivity, and modeling and simulation. The DEC focuses on developing and maintaining the Innovator Product Lifecycle Management platform for managing data and sharing information, supporting users and growing adoption of digital methods, and conducting strategic external engagement to advise on the direction of digital engineering at the national level and develop sponsored research programs in key digital engineering areas.

Responsibilities:
-Develop complex designs for the optimum performance and ease of fabrication, assembly and testing of complex imaging systems, thermal systems packaging solutions, novel materials and innovative mechanisms
-Experience with a wide range of platforms (i.e. manned/unmanned vehicles, aircrafts, ships, spacecrafts)
- Experience with the design and modeling of mechanical enclosures, optical assemblies with an understanding of requirements needed for Mounting/adjustment/actuation, alignment & measurement techniques, precision bearing, gearing & drive systems, structural/thermal analysis and environmental testing.
- Must be able to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team environment
-Should demonstrate good written and oral communications skills.

Required Skills:
-10+ years experience in Mechanical Design Mechanical CAD experience (Solid Works or other CAD software) Vast experience with mechanisms and complex mechanical assemblies.
-Experience with design, analysis and documentation of opto-/mechanical subsystems and components
-5+ years of experience with Aras Innovator PLM system
-Knowledge of testing integrations
-Familiarity with various fabrication techniques like machining, sheet metal, etc
-Familiarity with thermal analysis and structural analysis
-Familiarity with Optical systems and the design of EO/IR systems

Preferred Skills:
-Opto-mechanical experience is highly preferred. Candidates with this experience will stand out.
-Experience with various fabrication techniques like machining, sheet metal, etc
-Experience with military standards, mil spec components
-Experience with thermal analysis and structural analysis
-Experience with Optical systems and the design of EO/IR systems
-Experience with coordinating and executing system performance testing

Looking for a minimum of 5 years of experience, but ideally someone would have 8+ years of experience.

This person has some flexibility to work remote depending on the specific project work, but will be required in the office at least 3-4 days a week. If this person was not originally local to MA, they would need to relocate for the start of this position.

An interim is sufficient for the start of this position.

Qualification	Assessment
Must Have
Degree Level
Bachelor's Degree	Yes
Design
Computer-Aided Design	5 years
Device Design	5 years
Software
AutoCAD	5 years
CAD/EDA/TCAD	5 years
CATIA	5 years
Computer-Aided Manufacturing	5 years
Process and Device TCAD	5 years
Solidworks 3D Computer-Aided Design(CAD)	5 years
Systems
ARAS Innovator	5 years
Nice to Have
Mechanical
Mechanical - Opto	0 years