Sr Mechanical Engineer

About the role

Planning, conducting, and technically directing projects or major phases of significant projects, coordinating the efforts of technical support staff in the performance of assigned projects.
Interacting frequently as the organizational representative with the customer in the collection and translation of customer requirements to defined specifications.
Making frequent contact with customers, teaming partners, subcontractors, and suppliers to obtain/exchange information, providing technical direction and to assisting in the resolution of technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Identifying, defining, and solving complex technical problems which require a high level of ingenuity and innovativeness.
• Encouraging optimum design within project schedule and funding limitations.
• Developing and delivering complex technical presentations to high level program management and customers.
• Performing extensive research and complex analysis on a major project to enhance the technical and economic development of the product and/or service.
• Completing reports or studies may be deliverable engineering products to the customer.
• Providing functional and technical guidance to engineers, or other organizations.
• Typically providing leadership and technical direction for a project team.
• Actively seeking new business opportunities in related technical areas.
• Identifying new customers and/or develops additional tasking with existing customers.
• May provide recommendations and assign work to technical drawing staff.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering and ten or more years of work-related experience.
Requires the application of complex, technical professional disciplines requiring a four-year degree or equivalent and the extensive, applied use of related concepts, practices and methods.
An advanced level of proficiency to apply broad knowledge and experience.
Experience working with leadership as a lead or technical specialist
Mechanical part and assembly design experience, to include manufacturing considerations, material and finish selection
Engineering drawing experience, to include creating, reading, and interpreting 3D and 2D Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Structural analysis, to include static and dynamic, via empirical equations and/or Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Thermal analysis, to include conduction and convection (natural and forced), via empirical equations and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software
Solidworks 3D modeling and 2D drawing CAD experience
ANSYS Workbench FEA software
Autodesk CFD software
Military radar ground systems
Military standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-889, MIL-STD-1472, MMPDS (formerly MIL-HDBK-5), etc.
ASME Y14.100 and referenced ASME stds for Engineering Drawings

Desired Skills

• Military standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-889, MIL-STD-1472, MMPDS (formerly MIL-HDBK-5), etc.
• ASME Y14.100 and referenced ASME stds for Engineering Drawings

Benefits

Scientific Research Corporation offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Typically full-time, with minimal travel required.

Skills

Communication skills, computer skills, leadership and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

About Us

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.