Senior Structural Opto-Mechanical Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform quasi-static, modal, random vibration, and thermal stress analysis tasks using Femap and Nastran software.
• Provide Mechanical Engineering support to a project team and execute to plan while managing and tracking work assignments and progress.
• Track and understand design requirements and apply sound engineering principles and oversight to meet project requirements.
• Generate and present design review packages for internal and external audiences.
• Support customer and supplier interactions as required.
• Develop creative conceptual designs for new products and proposal efforts.
• Help plan and support the environmental testing of hardware including vibration, shock, thermal and others as required.
• Perform root cause assessments on hardware failures. Identify solutions and perform analysis as required to verify validity of proposed solutions.
• Able to work on multiple assignments and with multiple teams simultaneously.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; twelve or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, ten or more years of experience with a masters degree, or seven or more years with a PhD.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Two to three years prior experience using Nastran based finite element modeling software is required. Femap training can be provided.
• Ability to perform basic mechanical analyses including static and dynamic structural and thermal.
• Ability to support design and development of hardware to ensure requirements compliance.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, excelling in problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and perform tolerance assessments.
• Good communication and organizational skills.
• Able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Opto-mechanical and electro-optic hardware design experience is highly desirable.
• Finite element modeling skills including thermal, structural, and transient shock.
• Experience performing STOP analysis for precision optical systems is highly desirable.
• SolidWorks 3D CAD Modeling.
• Secret and/or SCI DoD security clearance.