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Mid-Level Mechanical Designer
Not specifiedFull-timeMechanical Engineering
Design and improve precision mechanical and opto-mechanical systems through concept development, detailed design, production release, integration, testing, and validation.
Responsibilities
- Design and improve precision mechanical and opto-mechanical systems.
- Create 3D models, 2D drawings, assemblies, bills of materials, and production documentation.
- Perform tolerance analysis and account for materials, machining, sheet metal, surface treatments, assembly, and manufacturability.
- Develop products from concept through detailed design, production release, integration, testing, and validation.
- Support prototype builds, supplier discussions, integration activities, production feedback, and corrective design changes.
- Collaborate with electro-optics, electronics, integration, production, quality, procurement, suppliers, and subcontractors.
- Apply design-to-cost, design for manufacturability, design for assembly, and production optimization principles.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in mechanical design, particularly precision mechanics, delicate assemblies, mechanisms, or multidisciplinary mechanical systems.
- Strong experience with mechanical CAD tools for 3D modeling, 2D drawings, assemblies, and production documentation.
- Knowledge of tolerance analysis, fits, materials, manufacturing processes, machining, sheet metal, surface treatments, assembly methods, and manufacturability.
- Experience designing new mechanical systems and improving existing products and assemblies.
- Understanding of design-to-cost, design for manufacturability, design for assembly, production optimization, and design improvement.
- Ability to prepare manufacturing drawings, assembly drawings, bills of materials, design documentation, and engineering change documentation.
- Ability to support prototype builds, supplier discussions, integration activities, production feedback, and corrective design updates.
- Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering and production teams.
- Independent, practical, detail-oriented approach with strong problem-solving skills.
- Good written and verbal English skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with opto-mechanical design, including optical payloads, sensors, lenses, mounts, alignment mechanisms, stabilized systems, or electro-optical assemblies.
- Experience developing mechanical products from concept through detailed design, production release, and validation.
- Experience adapting products to new operational, customer, environmental, or production requirements.
- Background in defense, aerospace, electro-optics, robotics, UAV, counter-UAS, surveillance, or mission-critical systems.
- Experience designing interfaces for electronics, PCBs, connectors, harness routing, heat dissipation, sealing, vibration, shock, or environmental conditions.
- Familiarity with configuration management, ECO processes, production files, supplier documentation, and release-to-production processes.
- Practical Engineer or bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
Benefits
- Involvement in the full mechanical development lifecycle, from concept through production release and field validation.
- Close collaboration with electro-optics, electronics, integration, production, quality, procurement, suppliers, and subcontractors.
- Opportunity to influence precision assemblies, manufacturability, design-to-cost, production readiness, and continuous design improvement.