Mechanical Design Engineer

Position: Mechanical Design Engineer 3

Requisition

Location:

ULA - Decatur

Relocation:
Yes
- Relocation may be available

Travel Requirements: 10%

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Job Overview & Responsibilities

The AS&D Vulcan Development team is looking to fill the role of Mechanical Design Engineer 3 to support development of the Centaur V on SLS upper stage.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contribute to design and architectural trade evaluations by generating options, assessing impacts, and preparing technical summaries for review.
• Design and develop mechanical and structural components for the Centaur V upper stage, ensuring designs align with vehicle level and subsystem requirements.
• Support program planning and execution by maintaining status of assigned tasks, identifying risks, and providing clear technical inputs.
• Prepare engineering content for major program reviews, by developing models, drawings, analysis summaries, and verification documentation.
• Support requirement development and participate in fishbone analyses to clarify design intent, inform verification plans, and strengthen rootcause evaluation frameworks.
• Participate in development and qualification test campaigns, including test planning, instrumentation support, data review, and posttest documentation.
• Create and update CAD models, detailed drawings, and GD&T for mechanical hardware throughout the design lifecycle.
• Perform first order assessments of mechanical designs to enable efficient integration with analysis teams and improve overall engineering workflow efficiency.
• Assist in troubleshooting hardware issues, supporting nonconformance dispositions, and participating in rootcause investigations.
• Interface with manufacturing, quality, and technicians to support hardware build, integration, and test activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure successful integration of mechanical designs within the broader upper stage architecture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts in design, documentation, and producibility.

Required Education

Bachelor

Required Years of Experience

Minimum of 4 years of related work experience

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• Familiarity with structural and mechanical system design, development, and participation in qualification activities
• Ability to execute assigned engineering tasks with growing independence and effective time management
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and applicable industry or government standards
• Significant experience performing CAD modeling and drawing creation
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience integrating with multi-disciplinary teams and demonstrated technical coordination skills
• Strong understanding of design for producibility of machined and formed parts
• Proven capability in executing engineering drawing package release
• Strong GD&T interpretation and application skills
• Foundational understanding of aerospace hardware and system level integration and test processes
• Understanding of aerospace hardware production and manufacturing operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
• Understanding of stress analysis methodologies and tools
• NX and Teamcenter utilization in an MBE environment
• Technical understanding of composite structural design and tooling solutions
• Experience performing sub-system and vehicle walkdown inspections
• Utilization of agile processes in a development program environment

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