Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

This is an opportunity to be a Mechanical Design Engineer in the Engineering Design group at JPL.

Responsibilities

• Performing as a Design Engineer for JPL on a spacecraft, instrument or robotic project.
• Creating complex CAD models, assemblies and engineering drawings.
• Working with world class engineers and participating on teams in a highly collaborative environment.
• Developing and running configuration trades on the mechanical system of a spacecraft project.
• Interfacing with space science experts, analysts, manufacturing engineers, and project staff.
• Performing conceptual spacecraft design for feasibility and cost estimates of future missions.

Requirements

• Experience and knowledge in the following areas:
• Mechanical design of spacecraft primary and secondary structures, mechanisms and instruments.
• Engineering CAD (Computer-Aided Design) tools such as Siemens NX (preferred), CATIA or Creo.
• Creating engineering drawings using the ASME Y14.100-2017 standard.
• Creating detail drawings, assembly drawings, interface drawings and source control drawings.
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) using ASME Y14.5-2018.
• Application of advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in solving mechanical engineering problems.
• Adept at performing trade studies and developing conceptual configurations.
• Aerospace fabrication processes.
• Aerospace material selection.

Desired Skills

• TS/SCI clearance.
• PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) tools such as Teamcenter (preferred), Enovia or Windchill.