Description
The Air Dominance and Strike Mechanical Engineering Team is responsible for designing and integrating advanced hardware for missile platforms. As a Mechanical Engineer on this team, you will own the full development lifecycle, from concept generation to integration and flight test, ensuring high-performance, resilient, and scalable mechanical systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Owning designs from concept generation to real-world use, including avionics, mechanisms, thermal systems, fuel systems, and other general design tasks as required.
- Developing and integrating hardware on unmanned air vehicles.
- Using first principles physics as a basis for every decision.
- Leading design reviews, running analysis, visiting vendors, defining and executing hardware test plans.
- Building prototypes, analysing failures, and transitioning successful projects into production.
- Supporting critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed.
- Travelling to test sites as needed.
- Supporting the design and analysis of composite structures, including the development of tooling essential for high-volume production.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in mechanical design or engineering.
- Experience designing mechanical parts (CAD - Siemens NX preferred).
- Understanding of scalable manufacturing methods (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection moulding, etc).
- General knowledge of manufacturing processes for composites, metal components, and plastics.
- Background in first principles physics as a basis for every decision.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Broad experience working across multiple mechanical engineering domains (e.g., mechanisms, thermal systems, avionics, fuel systems).
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical design or engineering.
- Ability to adapt designs from metal components to composites, with a basic understanding of material trade-offs.
- Knowledge of advanced manufacturing techniques for composites and plastics.
- Hands-on experience with composites and tool design, including familiarity with out-of-autoclave fabrication methods.
- Experience in thermal & structural analysis.
This role offers a highly competitive salary range of $129,000-$171,000 USD, plus highly competitive equity grants and top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, income protection, generous time off, family planning & parenting support, mental health resources, professional development, commuter benefits, relocation assistance, and a retirement savings plan.