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About This Role Textron Systems is seeking a full-time Mechanical Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership and delivery support for the development, integration, test, and production of complex mechanical hardware. This role will work closely with mechanical design engineers, systems engineers, manufacturing, test, suppliers, and program leadership to ensure mechanical hardware is delivered on schedule and meets all technical, quality, and performance requirements. The candidate should possess good communication and presentation skills and be comfortable interacting within a multidiscipline team. This position requires that the candidate be a with or capable of receiving a secret level security clearance.
Responsibilities - Participating in resolving non-conformances related to mechanical parts and assemblies that develop during builds in preparation for hardware delivery to our program customer.
- Provide day-to-day engineering supporting the integration and delivery of mechanical parts and aeroshell flight hardware to our program customer.
- Lead or support technical investigations of hardware failures, discrepancies, and nonconformances
- Coordinate with mechanical designers, systems engineers, manufacturing, test engineering, quality, suppliers, and program management to resolve hardware issues.
- Provide engineering disposition and technical direction for hardware discrepancies encountered during manufacturing and test.
- Coordinating engineering changes and ensuring impacts to hardware already in fabrication or test are understood and addressed.
- Creating Technical Data Packages that include 3D drawings, specifications and materials lists for components and assemblies of mechanical and electro-mechanical applications.
- Preparing and directing high quality mechanical and electro-mechanical detail and assembly drawings and engineering change notices in support of hardware changes due to non-conformances or build issues
- Writing technical documents, including, but not limited to, Supplier Document Requirements List (SDRL) documents
- Supporting continuous improvement of mechanical hardware development and delivery processes.
Qualifications - The candidate should be comfortable as a designer of mechanical components and systems subjected to extreme hypersonic flight conditions. The activities include packaging design of electronics systems and interconnects, the development of interface control documents, and understanding of designing for electrical manufacturing and assembly techniques. The candidate should be well versed in CAD design utilizing 3D digital product development tools and understanding geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5.
- Demonstrated participation in mechanical and structure design team activities leading to a qualified aeroshell design capable of reacting high loading and thermal gradient conditions.
- Skilled utilization of 3D digital manufacturing information to influence design definition options (preferably Siemens solutions) allowing manufacturable detailed assemblies and material schedules subject to configuration management.
- Proficiency required in Siemen's Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Product Lifecycle Management Digital Integration Model (NX, Teamcenter) including product specification development, surface finish and material specification via PMP.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve complex technical problems and drive issues to closure.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
- 2+ years' experience in a related field for Level II, 5+ years of experience in a related field for Level III
- Possesses or has ability to obtain a Secret level security clearance
*This role is open at multiple levels. Candidates will be hired at a level consistent with their background and experience:
- Level II: $92,600-$139,600
- Level III: $115,800-$176,200
How We Care At Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples!
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Education Assistance
- Career Development & Training Opportunities
- Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)
- Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding
- Paid Parental Leave
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