Senior MCAD Designer

Augustine Consulting Inc. is a Woman‑Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, self‑starting Senior MCAD Designer.

The senior designer will plan, coordinate, and perform complex assignments under minimal direction, including discussions with engineers on design parameters, intent, and project functions. The senior designer will use CAD applications to perform assigned tasks. To perform the activities and responsibilities of this position, the senior designer must have considerable experience in electrical, electromechanical or mechanical design practices, including considerable know‑how in the application of engineering principles, equipment design, and manufacturing methods.

• Designing devices, components, apparatus, systems or equipment; establishing design criteria and resolving problems of design, conducting mathematical and statistical investigations
• Assuring conformance with established requirements which an item or system must meet in development and during manufacture
• Planning for and incorporating requirements in proposals, specifications, and drawings.
• Undertake assignments as a working group leader, coordinating and checking the efforts of supporting designers and detailers.
• Possess a significant working knowledge of Algebra, Trigonometry, and Descriptive Geometry.
• Must be able to carry out his/her assignment independently, after consulting with or utilizing information obtained from various Sandia organizations.

• Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
• Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission‑focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
• Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
• Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
• Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface‑level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick‑fetching” to connect the unconnected.
• Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time‑sensitive, reasonable requests.
• Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; acts accordingly.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must possess, or have the ability to acquire, a DOE Q Security Clearance.
• Associate Degree in Drafting or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology from a Community College or an accredited Technical Institute plus a minimum of 10 years of Design level experience. Specialized experience may be substituted for Technical Institute or Community College training on a two‑for‑one basis respectively, i.e., four (4) years of applicable experience is equivalent to a two (2) year Associate Degree.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Drafting or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology plus 8 years of design level experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Pro‑E (10,000 hours actual use time)
• 1‑2 years’ experience with Windchill, PDM Link, or other PDM systems
• Support of CAD based libraries.
• Assembly management/manufacturing and DFM techniques.
• Applied use of GD&T and tolerance studies.
• General understanding of weapon systems (at component and system level).
• Knowledge of materials and material properties used in weapon systems.
• Basic understanding of welding and weld processes.
• Knowledge of pressure vessels, valves and pumps, kinematics (motion), and a variety of polymers and design standards.
• Efficient use of the suite of Microsoft Office products.
• Able to work within the confines and restrictions of a classified environment including basic understanding of multi process environment for releasing CAD data encompassing classified, unclassified, weapon related and non‑weapon related work.
• Scaling models for 3D printing using…