Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

A career-level Mechanical Engineer with spaceflight hardware experience will provide technical solutions for modeling, analysis, manufacture, and testing of flight project components and mechanisms used in research and spaceflight. This position supports the Research, Science and Engineering Services (RSES) contract onsite at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA.

Responsibilities

• Generate CAD design models and engineering drawings of components for spaceflight hardware.
• Perform analytical sizing activities on designed hardware.
• Develop reports, presentations, and other documentation.
• Create assembly, integration, and test procedures.
• Apply knowledge of acceptance standards for spaceflight hardware applications.
• Attend meetings and teleconferences to discuss design, analysis, qualification, and acceptance plans and issues.
• Guide developed hardware through the manufacturing process.
• Oversee assembly, integration, and testing of designed systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 1 year of experience.
• Experience with Parametric CAD software for component design and initial sizing.
• Demonstrated experience in hardware design, analysis, and testing.
• Ability to work independently under general direction only.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• US citizenship or Permanent Residence.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with Creo Parametric is highly desired.
• Expertise in component and mechanism design, analysis, and testing in the aerospace industry.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Paid personal and federally recognized holiday leave.
• Salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Short- and long-term disability plans.
• Variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance options.

AMA is committed to professional growth, offering an engaging, collaborative, and supportive work environment.

Pay

$90,000 to $124,000, commensurate with education and experience.

This is an onsite position at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA.