Mechanical Engineer IV

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Mechanical Engineer at our Lynnwood, WA location.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Lynnwood, WA facility delivers industry‑leading aerospace & defense power, sensing and fluid solutions.

Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Advanced Air Mobility demonstrators. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

The Mechanical Engineer IV is a senior contributor who works highly independently and uses originality, ingenuity and established procedures to perform engineering duties in researching, planning, designing and developing products for use in the Aerospace or Electronics marketplace. The Mechanical Engineer IV specializes in complex technical matters, works within a collaborative Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment, and is responsible for multiple independent tasks.

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets, building quality and manufacturability into the design, and defining, understanding and complying with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen and 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, producing thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality and reliability.
• Utilize proficient problem‑solving processes, documentation, tools and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions to technical challenges and/or issues in support of product development and product sustaining assignments.
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self‑directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality and business disciplines.
• Mentor junior engineers and others in the area of expertise.
• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality and business disciplines.
• Generate models and conduct analyses that are in compliance with customer requirements and appropriate agencies.
• Perform design experiments and evaluate test results to validate analysis.
• Generate and review documentation related to product development and prepare technical reports and documentation necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements, including proposals, procedures, reports, correspondence, etc.
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management.

This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms…