Mechanical Design Engineer

Position Overview

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong technical expertise and a commitment to engineering excellence. The ideal candidate delivers high-quality, rigorous designs, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is passionate about developing innovative solutions that support humanity's expansion into space.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, build, and test components and systems.
• Own the mechanical definition, including 3D models, detailed drawings, design updates, and resolution of design discrepancies.
• Cook up fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning of new or modified systems.
• Create and manage fabrication and installation drawings in ProE/Creo with Windchill, applying industry standards for design, drafting, and configuration control.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) to ensure designs are producible, maintainable, and scalable from prototype through higher-rate builds.
• Guide hardware through the full product life cycle, from requirements and preliminary design through detailed design, build, test, verification, integration, and flight.
• Collaborate across disciplines and clearly communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a highly collaborative, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience designing components and assemblies.
• Advance proficiency in CAD (Creo preferred) to create models, assemblies, and engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GD&T standards (ASME Y14.5) and the practical application of tolerance analysis in mechanical design.
• Proven ability to provide high-quality mechanical design engineering solutions in a rapidly iterating research and development environment.
• Hands-on expertise in integration, assembly, testing, and troubleshooting of rotating machinery-seeing designs through from concept to deployment.
• Strong foundation in mechanical engineering-expert in materials, heat treatments, statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials for mission-critical aerospace applications.
• Experience using PLM software (Windchill preferred) to facilitate aerospace industry standard configuration control of engineering design.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience interfacing directly with suppliers to solve manufacturing challenges innate to cutting edge design.