Principal Mechanical Engineer Job Fort Walton Beach area,Florida USA,Engineering

Overview

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a Principal Small UAS (sUAS) Mechanical Engineer to join our team at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Qualified candidates must be U.S. citizens with a TS/SCI clearance. The successful candidate will provide mechanical engineering expertise on a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing, integrating, and transitioning multiple different technologies for the Government Team Lead. In addition, the individual will apply MIL-HDBK-516 criteria to subsystem design and test, have a working knowledge of military airworthiness process, understand and apply compliance mapping and provide systems engineering evaluation, verification and validation of subsystems.

Anticipate up to 15% travel, with surge periods of greater travel, primarily in CONUS.

Overview

You will be a great fit for this role if:

You have a passion for aerospace, defense, special operations, and advanced technologies.
You understand the urgent need to modernize our defense systems and give our warfighters the best possible tools.
Paying attention to detail and providing excellent customer service in a professional environment is a skill you excel at.
You are passionate about continuous learning and growth, and you seek opportunities to challenge yourself.
You are driven to make a meaningful impact through your work.

Responsibilities

Participate in key engineering integration meetings:
Milestone design and technical reviews
Team Lead Meetings o Material Improvement Program Review Boards
Engineering and Crew Station Working Groups
Lead System Engineer Technical Engagements
Integrated Test Team Meetings
Support on-aircraft engineering integration activities:
On-aircraft integration and engineering test build events
Knock down administrative and engineering barriers
Raise issues to technical and programmatic POCs and/or leadership for decision/action
Plan and schedule resources to support integration and test
Report on status of ongoing integration and test
Understanding of airworthiness criteria.
Conduct and support root cause analysis with enterprise stakeholders
Contribute to systems engineering activities including requirements definition, architecture development, integration, and verification.
Participate in platform integration and testing and verification of subsystems for performance and functionality.
Lead and support Government and industry teams through technical planning, design reviews, test reviews, and technical assessments.
Develop and deliver technical briefings to a wide range of audiences, including senior technical and leadership stakeholders.
Collaborate with U.S. Government and industry partner organizations to support joint mission capability development.
Promote efficiency, agility, and traceability in fast-paced engineering environments.
Lead integration of new, legacy, and GOTs hardware and software.
Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of systems compatible with defined system architectures.
Support the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
Develop the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems, and work products are verified against their requirements.

Required Qualifications

Exceptional integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to MTSI’s core values.
Minimum 8+ years of industry or government experience demonstrating and practicing knowledge, skills, and abilities in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
Experience with a mix of core mechanical engineering fundamentals, to include:
Mechanical design (modeling, tolerance…