Role Overview: We are seeking a driven Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, development, and qualification of complex mechanical systems—including precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical assemblies—within a dynamic program team.
Schedule: 9/80 (Work 80 hours across 9 days out of 14, with every other Friday off)
Workstyle: Hands-on approach with active lab work, direct hardware interaction, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
Full Lifecycle Ownership: Drive projects from requirements definition and concept generation through material selection, trade studies, design optimization, detailed design, documentation, and integration testing.
Prototyping & Testing: Prototype, integrate, and test component parts and assemblies; develop test plans and procedures for mechanical subsystems; and evaluate hardware performance.
Technical Leadership & Communication: Provide formal and informal briefings to internal/external stakeholders and customer representatives. Direct designers, technicians, and operators within interdisciplinary teams.
Documentation & Compliance: Generate Technical Data Package components (part/assembly drawings) and adhere strictly to company processes for product development, configuration management, and purchasing.
Design Reviews & Field Support: Participate in peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, product change review meetings, and support field testing/demonstrations as a mechanical engineering field representative.
Qualifications & Requirements:
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, OR
Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, OR
In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Security Clearance: Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance (or held within the last 2 years), with the ability to hold or obtain a favorable polygraph.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Presentation & Leadership: Comfortable synthesizing complex technical concepts and presenting them to program leadership.
Design Expertise: Experience in designing precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and packaging modules/electronics while balancing thermal and structural loading for optimized size, weight, and power (SWaP).
Software & Standards: Proficiency in CAD tools (such as Creo) and a strong understanding of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
Advanced Manufacturing: Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA).
Specialized Technologies: Background working with actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and specialized manufacturing processes.