Mechanical Engineer – TS Clearance

Mechanical Engineer Position

Role Overview:
We are looking for a driven Mechanical Engineer to perform process design, development, and qualification/testing tasks on complex mechanical hardware—including precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical hardware—in a program team environment.

Schedule:

9/80 (Work 80 hours across 9 days out of 14, with every other Friday off)

Workstyle:
High flexibility to own larger aspects of the system as the program evolves, with hands-on lab work and direct hardware interaction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full Lifecycle Support:
  Provide program support and technical leadership over requirements definition, concept generation, material selection, trade studies, design sensitivity/optimization studies, preliminary/final design, documentation, assembly/integration, and testing.
• CAD & Documentation:
  Perform a wide range of CAD design assignments (editing models/drawings based on engineering notes), ensure documentation complies with standards, and prepare accurate drawings and schematics with proper tolerances and dimensions (with oversight from senior designers).
• Prototyping & Testing:
  Prototype, integrate, and test component parts and assemblies; develop test plans and procedures for mechanical subsystems; and perform test and evaluation of systems.
• Technical Communication & Leadership:
  Provide formal and informally regular communication and briefings to internal/external stakeholders and customer representatives. Direct designers, technicians, and operators as part of a design team.
• Design Reviews & Field Support:
  Participate in peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, product change review meetings, and support field testing/demonstration efforts as a mechanical engineering field representative (alongside other duties as assigned).
• Process Adherence:
  Take full ownership of tasking with limited supervision and adhere strictly to company processes for product development, configuration management, and purchasing.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Education & Experience:
  
  Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience, OR Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience, OR In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Security Clearance & Polygraph:
  Active Top Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance is required (active within the last two years will be considered), alongside a favorable polygraph.

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Presentation & Leadership:
  Comfortable collecting and presenting complex technical concepts to program leadership.
• Design Expertise:
  Experience in designing or developing precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and/or packaging modules and electronics while factoring in thermal/structural loading and optimizing size, weight, and power (SWaP).
• Software & Standards:
  Proficiency in CAD tools (such as Creo) and understanding of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
• Advanced Manufacturing:
  Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA).
• Specialized Technologies:
  Experience working with actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and manufacturing processes.