Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

This is a hands-on mechanical engineering opportunity supporting large-scale, mission-critical aircraft launch and recovery systems used by the U.S. Navy. The role is ideal for engineers who enjoy a combination of Creo design work, sustaining engineering, drawing updates, and mechanical analysis on complex equipment that directly impacts operational performance and safety.

You'll spend a significant portion of your time owning and updating engineering documentation, creating and revising detailed Creo models and drawings, supporting engineering change activity, and performing structural analyses to validate design modifications. Rather than designing small components in isolation, you'll work on highly engineered systems where reliability, manufacturability, and long-term sustainment are critical.

• Create, modify, and maintain detailed Creo 3D models and engineering drawings for complex mechanical assemblies.
• Own sustaining engineering activities, including engineering changes, drawing revisions, ECNs/CRs, and support of fielded equipment.
• Apply GD&T per ASME standards and perform tolerance stack-up analyses to ensure manufacturability and proper system performance.
• Conduct ANSYS-based structural, stress, deflection, and fatigue analyses to support design decisions and engineering changes.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and procurement teams to troubleshoot issues and implement design improvements.
• Support design-for-manufacturing and long-term product sustainment efforts on equipment operating in harsh environments.
• Participate in FMEAs, root cause investigations, and reliability improvement projects.

• Heavy exposure to Creo modeling and drawing development.
• Opportunity to perform meaningful ANSYS analysis, not just documentation work.
• Strong emphasis on GD&T, tolerance analysis, and mechanical design fundamentals.
• Ownership of engineering changes and sustaining projects that impact real-world systems in operation.
• Work on large, complex mechanical systems where your designs directly influence safety, reliability, and performance.
• High level of collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams while maintaining individual technical ownership.

• 4+ years of mechanical engineering experience.
• Strong Creo experience, including modeling and detailed drawing creation.
• Experience updating and maintaining released drawings and managing engineering change activity.
• Proficiency with GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis.
• ANSYS Mechanical or other FEA experience involving stress, fatigue, and structural analysis.
• Background in aerospace, defense, heavy equipment, robotics, industrial machinery, or other complex mechanical systems.

Job Type &

Location:

This is a Permanent position based out of Poway, CA.

Pay and Benefits:

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $140000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Benefits, Bonus Eligible, Salary.

Final date to receive applications:
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 28, 2026.

Workplace Type:
This is a fully onsite position in Poway,CA.

About Actalent:
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a Clearly Rated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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