Mechanical Engineering Lead
Listed on 2026-07-17
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists, Manufacturing Engineer
Overview
Hexagon Autonomous Solutions is looking for an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to drive product development activities and champion mechanical engineering best practices. In this position, you will lead mechanical design efforts from concept through production, improve engineering processes, and develop rugged, highly manufacturable antenna products for customers around the world.
This position will join a high-performance team focused on designing, developing, and delivering advanced antenna technologies for customers across aerospace, defense, agriculture, survey, and autonomous systems. Our customers rely on Hexagon Autonomous Solutions' industry-leading technology when building their own solutions. This position may be a great fit if you have a passion for innovative product development and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges while bringing high-performance products to market.
The
Location:
Hexagon is a global company with offices around the world. This position is based in Torrance, California
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As Mechanical Engineering Lead
, you will:
- Champion continuous improvement in our product designs and in our mechanical engineering practices, identifying and implementing improvements.
- Design new antenna products and components, and then develop your concepts into CREO models and mechanical drawings to capture design details.
- Conduct root cause analysis investigations for product mechanical issues, and then recommend, implement, and document corrective actions.
- Document product design and manufacturing process changes through Engineering Change Orders.
- Incorporate design for manufacturing principles into product designs.
- Lead environmental test planning, execution, and documentation efforts.
- Support new business development through evaluating proposed mechanical requirements, generating compliance matrices, and generating technical responses to requests for proposal (RFPs).
- Support sales, product management, and operations by addressing customer questions, completing feasibility studies, supporting customer calls, and troubleshooting issues.
- Collaborate with other Hexagon mechanical engineering teams to implement common engineering processes and best practices.
Must-Have:
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent four-year engineering degree.
- Minimum 10 years relevant work experience.
- Proficiency with CREO (Pro/Engineer) for mechanical design.
- Experience designing products for the aerospace and/or defense industries.
- Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance analysis, and stackup analysis.
- Knowledge of robustness standards (MIL-STD-810, DO-160).
- Applicants requiring access to ITAR/EAR controlled information must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain required authorization.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience designing products for the aerospace, defense, and/or marine industries.
- Experience with PLM software such as Windchill.
- Experience with thermal and/or structural analysis tools.
- Experience designing molded parts.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD to modify legacy drawings.
Key Success Factors:
- Thrive in a fast paced, tight deadline environment and perform well under pressure.
- Ability to make customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions.
- Aptitude to define and analyze complex problems, collect data, establish facts, develop solutions and gain support from stakeholders.
- Highly adaptable to organizational needs, and willingness to take on new roles as required.
- Effectively communicate and interact with people from multi-functional and diverse backgrounds.
- Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills.
We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, including disability/veterans.
Applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources for assistance at ext: 134.
We are an E-verify participating employer.
Compensation & BenefitsHexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division provides the following compensation range and a general description of other compensation and benefits. This compensation range is based on a full-time schedule. The Company reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range or offer other…
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