Innovation Engineer
Job in
Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah, 84065, USA
Listed on 2026-10-05
Listing for:
SiCoSyndicate LLC
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-05
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Materials Engineering, Product Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About the role
- Small Arms / Suppressor / Accessory / Defense Skunk Works environment.
What you'll do
- Lead the design and development of new products, components, and accessories from concept through pre-commercialization
- Conduct research on emerging technologies, materials, and manufacturing methods to drive innovation
- Create 3D models, engineering drawings, and specifications using CAD software
- Analyze test data and implement design improvements based on findings
- Collaborate with manufacturing teams to optimize designs for manufacturability and cost efficiency
- Support prototyping efforts, including hands-on assembly and evaluation of test units
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for product issues
Qualifications
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Technical Foundation
o Mechanical engineering fundamentals with deep understanding of firearms and accessories
o CAD proficiency (Solid Works, Creo, Fusion, etc) with ability to rapidly iterate designs
- Multidisciplinary Technical Skills
- Prototyping & Testing
- Rapid prototyping mindset: comfort with "good enough to test" over perfection
- Hands-on troubleshooting in field conditions
- Manufacturing & Producibility
- Design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA)
- Understanding of production processes: CNC, MIM, stamping, extrusion, IM
- Tolerance stack-up analysis and GD&T experience
- Domain-Specific Knowledge
- Operational experience or deep user empathy (combat veteran, competitive shooter, or extensive end-user engagement)
- Threat assessment and emerging tactical requirements
- International small arms landscape and competitive analysis
- Military standards (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-1913, etc.) and proof testing requirements
- Skunk Works Mindset
- Extreme ownership and self-direction
- Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly changing requirements
- Speed bias: 80% solution tomorrow beats 100% solution next quarter
- Scrappiness: making do with limited resources
- Direct communication style, bypassing bureaucracy when mission-critical
- Willingness to challenge conventional wisdom
- Soft Skills & Attributes
- Technical communication: translating complex engineering to military end-users and non-technical leadership
- Intellectual curiosity: constant learning across disciplines
- Resilience: handling failed tests and rapid pivots without losing momentum
- Thrives in unstructured environments
- Driven by mission impact over process compliance
- Comfortable being the "jack of all trades, master of several"
- Excited by technical risk-taking
- Prefers building things to endless analysis
- Can context-switch rapidly between projects
- Multidisciplinary Technical Skills
- Electronics and programming
- Optics and photonics experience
- Additive manufacturing expertise (DMLS, SLM, binder jetting) for rapid prototyping and novel geometries
- Bonus Differentiators
- Competition shooting experience (USPSA, 3-Gun, PRS) for user perspective
- Tactical classes or prior military experience
- Materials science experience: metallurgy, composites, polymers, and emerging materials (metal matrix composites, advanced ceramics, carbon fiber applications)
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