Cleared Mechanical Engineer

Design, develop, integrate, and qualify complex mechanical and electromechanical hardware for high-reliability systems.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of six years of relevant engineering experience, or graduate degree with a minimum of four years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance, or clearance active within the previous two years
• Favorable polygraph required at start
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling
• Experience designing and developing critical mechanical hardware
• Experience developing precision mechanisms and electromechanical hardware
• Experience generating technical data packages, including part and assembly drawings
• Experience developing mechanical subsystem test plans and procedures
• Experience performing component and system-level testing
• Experience supporting prototype development, hardware integration, and qualification activities
• Knowledge of configuration management and product development processes
• Ability to work hands-on with hardware in a laboratory environment
• Experience supporting formal design reviews, including PDR and CDR

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing precision mechanisms
• Experience developing mechatronic systems
• Experience packaging electronic modules and hardware
• Experience accounting for thermal and structural loading in mechanical designs
• Experience optimizing designs for size, weight, and power
• Proficiency with Creo
• Knowledge of ASME Y14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing standards
• Experience with actuators
• Experience designing custom gear trains
• Experience with electro-optical systems
• Experience with materials testing
• Design for Manufacturability and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly experience
• Experience designing machined parts
• Experience designing plastic components
• Experience designing sheet metal components
• Experience with additive manufacturing technologies and design practices
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management System cost and schedule practices
• Experience supporting field testing and demonstrations

Job Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical process design, development, qualification, and testing activities
• Design complex mechanical, precision-mechanism, and electromechanical hardware
• Support requirements definition and system architecture development
• Generate and evaluate mechanical design concepts
• Perform material-selection and engineering trade studies
• Conduct design sensitivity and optimization studies
• Develop preliminary and final mechanical designs
• Create technical data packages, part drawings, assembly drawings, and design documentation
• Prototype, assemble, integrate, and test mechanical components and assemblies
• Develop mechanical subsystem test plans and procedures
• Perform component and system testing and evaluation
• Support preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews, peer reviews, and other technical reviews
• Implement approved product and engineering changes
• Participate in multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering design activities
• Apply configuration management, purchasing, quality, and product-development processes
• Provide technical direction to designers, technicians, and manufacturing operators
• Support field testing and system demonstrations as the mechanical engineering representative
• Evaluate thermal, structural, packaging, and mechanical integration requirements
• Support design maturation from initial concept through integration, qualification, and test

Pay Details: $54.00 to $72.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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