Staff Mechanical Engineer

Standard Job Description

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Being a valued member of the this organization as a mechanism Certified Principle Engineer (CPE), your responsibilities may include some of the following:

• Lead the direction of other engineers to research, design, analyze, and develop innovative components, assemblies, and systems of varying complexity while assuring sound technical rigor and timely delivery.
• Functionally own mechanical systems and delegate tasks.
• Develop, review, and maintain engineering documents, specifications, and technical analyses, including 3D solid models and 2D drawings.
• Be a member of integrated product teams, reciprocally interacting with other engineers, adjacent functions, suppliers, and stakeholders, to support products through the entire engineering lifecycle.
• Represent the organization in technical and stakeholder reviews.
• Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, and test personnel to supervise the build and validation of hardware in a production environment.
• Mentor and train team members.
• Occasional travel.

The ideal candidate will have advanced knowledge of 3D CAD Modeling, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), have lead various small technical teams with good communication skills (both oral and written), and applied experience of Mechanical Engineering principles in numerous applications. Ability to obtain a security clearance; US citizenship required.

Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education with commensurate years of professional experience.
• Extensive experience leading a small technical team in a collaborative and team-based environment using good verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of structures, mechanisms and materials as well as the application of Mechanical Engineering principles, theories and concepts.
• Robust knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and ability to perform complex detailed part and subsystem tolerance analysis.
• Experience with solid model and drawing creation using 3D computer-aided design software, specification development, vendor interface, parts selection, and configuration control.
• Candidates must hold an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance prior to start date.

Desired Skills

• Prior experience with complex mechanical subsystems and associated interfaces with other systems.
• Understanding and ability to apply advanced Mechanical Engineering principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience with the production, test, and integration of mechanical systems.
• Willingness to mentor junior engineers and ability to be largely autonomous in day-to-day tasking
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice