Mechanical Engineering Lead, Assembly and Production

• Location North Las Vegas, NV, 89030,United States
• Base Pay $ - $ / Year
• Relocation Expense Covered Yes
• Employee Type Full Time
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Manage Others Yes

Tech Source, a Salas O'Brien company, is a nationally recognized engineering and scientific company specializing in the management and technical delivery of large-scale nuclear and high-technology projects with numerous federal agencies, helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects nationwide.

We provide direct access to hundreds of experts and industry leaders in the nuclear sciences, non-proliferation technologies, accelerator physics, and systems engineering arenas with offices in Washington DC, SC, TX, TN, and NM. Our outstanding technical service has earned the company a client retention rate of over 95 percent.

As an employee-owned company, we work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. Tech Source is a recent DOE Small Business of the Year recipient and eleven‑time Inc. 5000 winner.

Tech Source is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead will support the Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Program and the Scorpius accelerator project. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the Department of Energy's most significant accelerator initiatives at a pivotal moment.

The selected candidate will help bridge decades of technical knowledge developed in Los Alamos with the expansion of long‑term program capabilities in Las Vegas. Working closely with LANL technical leadership, this individual will serve as a hands‑on engineering leader responsible for technical execution, knowledge transfer, team development, and operational excellence.

This position is ideal for a highly respected engineer who enjoys remaining technically engaged while leading people, mentoring staff, solving complex engineering challenges, and helping establish the foundation for a program expected to span multiple decades.

Reporting directly to the Group Leader, this individual will help build and develop a growing engineering team while serving as a trusted technical resource for project leadership, engineers, operators, and stakeholders across the Scorpius enterprise.

• Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight for accelerator systems, engineering operations, and program execution activities supporting the Scorpius ASD mission.
• Serve as a primary interface between Los Alamos National Laboratory technical teams and Las Vegas‑based program personnel to ensure successful knowledge transfer, technical consistency, and mission alignment.
• Develop subject matter expertise across accelerator systems, assembly activities, operational readiness, engineering processes, and system integration efforts.
• Mentor engineers, technologists, and operations personnel while helping establish a culture of technical excellence, disciplined operations, and continuous learning.
• Support planning, scheduling, resource loading, prioritization, and execution of engineering activities to meet program objectives.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, quality personnel, operations staff, and customers to resolve technical issues and maintain program performance.
• Lead technical reviews, design discussions, readiness activities, risk assessments, and operational planning efforts.
• Assist with development of engineering processes, work packages, procedures, training programs, and operational documentation.
• Support configuration management, engineering change processes, system testing, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Participate in strategic planning activities that support long‑term program growth and future mission execution.
• Provide technical guidance during system troubleshooting, maintenance, assembly, integration, and operational activities.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention of engineering personnel as the organization expands.

This role will require consistent travel to the Los Alamos, New Mexico…