Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

This Mechanical Engineer role focuses on creating precise engineering documentation and high-quality CAD models that enable suppliers to manufacture complex engine components and assemblies accurately. You will work with an existing, optimized engine design to standardize product structures, define tolerances, and translate current functionality into professional, supplier-ready documentation for a leading aerospace environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze the current product structure to determine its status and highlight areas that require additional focus or improvement.
• Create and refine product structures by reviewing existing parts, assemblies, and supporting documentation.
• Build new and enhance existing Solid Works 2D and 3D models of engine components and assemblies, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Develop detailed assembly drawings in Solid Works, including clear geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Define tolerances, fits, and assembly requirements to support precise manufacturing and reliable engine performance.
• Review critical components and manufacturing processes to determine project priorities for manufacturing optimization.
• Translate the current "how it works today" state into professional, standardized, supplier-ready documentation suitable for production.
• Support continuous improvement of documentation standards, models, and drawings to enhance manufacturability and consistency.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering or mechanical design experience is ideal; open to candidates with at least 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong mechanical design experience with complex assemblies, particularly engines or propulsion systems (highly preferred).
• Proficiency in Solid Works 2D and 3D, including creating detailed models and drawings of assemblies and engine components.
• Hands-on experience creating assembly documentation and detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Proficient in GD&T, including applying tolerances to engine and propulsion system components and assemblies.
• Ability to define and document tolerances, fits, and assembly requirements for tight-tolerance, congested assemblies.
• Experience working on engines or propulsion systems, especially those with complex, contested assemblies requiring tight tolerances.
• Ability to analyze existing product structures and documentation to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to translate existing functional designs into clear, supplier-ready engineering documentation.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is ideal.
• Open to highly experienced and skilled Mechanical Designers with directly relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Aerospace experience is highly preferred, including work on drones, missiles, or other engine/propulsion systems with complex assemblies.
• Experience with congested assemblies and managing tight tolerances in high-performance systems.
• Familiarity with manufacturing optimization and prioritizing critical components and processes.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, project-based environment with short-duration contracts and potential for rolling projects and extensions.

Work Environment

This role is primarily onsite. You will work in a high-performance environment focused on engine and propulsion systems, using Solid Works and related engineering tools to support detailed mechanical design and documentation. The position is structured as an initial short-duration contract with the potential for rolling projects and extensions for individuals who demonstrate strong performance and fit - the workload will likely yield more opportunity for the right consultant.

The work setting emphasizes collaboration with propulsion and mechanical engineers, precise documentation standards, and close alignment with manufacturing needs.

This role is primarily onsite at our client site, roughly an hour east of the Portland area.