Mechanical Engineer

• Contribute mechanical engineering expertise to mission-critical defense systems across radar, missile, and command-and-control platforms
• Participate across the product lifecycle, from concept design and structural/thermal analysis to rapid prototyping, design verification testing, and factory support
• Design, model, and document mechanical components, sub-assemblies, and major end items
• Generate and maintain parametric 3D CAD models, complex assembly hierarchies, and detailed 2D engineering drawings
• Validate design fit, form, and functionality through rapid prototyping, physical testing, and engineering simulations
• Support factory operations, integration facilities, and external suppliers with product manufacturing, assembly, and integration
• Participate in design peer reviews, resolve technical action items, and conduct trade studies
• Collaborate with systems, electrical, manufacturing, and other multidisciplinary engineering teams to resolve mechanical hardware issues
• Travel occasionally within the continental United States to customer sites or suppliers; international and longer-duration travel is optional

Mechanical Engineer II

• Design, model, and document mechanical components, sub-assemblies, and major end items for defense systems
• Generate and maintain parametric 3D CAD models, complex assembly hierarchies, and detailed 2D engineering drawings
• Validate design fit, form, and functionality through rapid prototyping, physical testing, and engineering simulations
• Support factory operations, integration facilities, and external suppliers with manufacturing, assembly, and integration
• Participate in design peer reviews, resolve technical action items, and conduct trade studies
• Collaborate with systems, electrical, manufacturing, and other multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Analyze and resolve mechanical hardware issues
• Contribute across the product lifecycle for radar, missile, and command-and-control platforms
• Provide occasional CONUS travel to customer sites or suppliers

Mechanical Engineer I

• Design, integrate, and test avionics and control components for aircraft and test labs
• Oversee and/or perform system integration design and analysis, including stress and model analyses
• Provide CAD work supporting design activities and apply industry best practices for GD&T
• Support component, system development, and system certification testing
• Create test plans, analyze data, and generate test reports and documentation
• Prepare and coordinate mechanical design and fabrication drawings and related documents
• Travel up to 25–50%, sometimes on short notice, to domestic and international locations for aircraft and system integration and testing

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Contribute to development of advanced capabilities for autonomous systems
• Participate in product life cycle analysis
• Develop and manage technical data packages for new and existing designs
• Work in cross-functional design teams
• Bring designs through first article release, testing, integration, delivery to manufacturing, and manufacturing support and improvements
• Support new development and manufacturing efforts in mechanical design and implementations
• Select materials for underwater applications
• Perform structural analysis, electronic packing, and CAD modeling
• Research, develop, plan, and design mechanical and electromechanical products for underwater applications
• Coordinate fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of mechanical or electromechanical products and systems
• Contribute to configuration management
• Ensure transition from engineering design to manufacturing
• Build prototypes and test fixtures
• Communicate and support departmental mechanical design efforts
• Research, plan, design, verify, validate, and develop mechanical and electromechanical products and systems
• Recommend technology options for safety, performance, efficiency, or cost improvements
• Support transfer from R&D to manufacturing

• Develop innovative technical solutions across the product lifecycle, including proposal, advanced development, design, cooling, manufacturing, integration, and testing of radars, support equipment, and electronics for military programs
• Perform tolerance analyses to ensure intended form, fit, and function
• Lead small teams in mechanical hardware design involving ruggedized structures, interconnects, cooling, electronics packaging, tooling, and/or array integration
• Support product integration at domestic and international factories and supplier locations
• Collaborate with engineering disciplines, operations, supply chain, quality, and external suppliers
• Independently manage tasks and deliver on schedule, budget, and technical goals
• Participate in design reviews and conduct trade studies
• Mentor and guide less experienced engineers
• Create, review, interpret, release, and update technical documentation and engineering drawings
• Contribute to design, development, manufacturing, production support, and technical problem-solving for defense systems

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

• Lead development and strategic execution of ARC Remote Maintenance System operations
• Drive conceptual design of the ARC fusion power plant and provide expert technical guidance to cross-functional teams
• Lead design of radiation-hardened remote handling equipment using robotics, custom hardware, and remotely operated heavy-lift equipment
• Perform maintenance assessments of the tokamak and plant to support remote maintainability and mitigate long-term risks
• Collaborate with tokamak engineering teams on remote maintainability and novel tokamak-joint solutions
• Lead multidisciplinary trade studies across physics, neutronics, mechanical, thermo-fluids, electrical, maintenance, materials, manufacturing, and techno-economics
• Lead teams and manage projects, resolve conflicts, and drive key decisions
• Define and own R&D strategy for the ARC remote maintenance program and direct internal or external R&D campaigns
• Research established and cutting-edge remote-handling solutions to improve performance, reduce cost, and increase reliability
• Manage contracted work with external RHE/robotics organizations and transfer knowledge into CFS
• Establish remote-maintenance design principles and support the growth of junior and peer engineers

Staff Mechanical Engineer – Maintenance

• Develop concept of operations for the ARC Remote Maintenance System
• Participate in the pre-conceptual design process of the ARC fusion power plant
• Design radiation-hardened remote handling equipment using robotic technologies, custom hardware, and remotely operated heavy-lift equipment
• Perform maintenance assessments of the tokamak and plant
• Collaborate with tokamak engineering teams to design the tokamak for remote maintainability
• Perform high-level multidisciplinary trade studies involving physics, neutronics, design, maintenance, materials, manufacturing, and techno-economics
• Collaborate with multiple teams and manage projects across disciplines
• Identify R&D needs and establish plans for internal or external R&D campaigns
• Research established and cutting-edge remote handling solutions
• Work with external RHE/robotics organizations and industry partners on contracted work, R&D, and knowledge transfer
• Establish CFS remote maintenance design guidelines for RHE, the tokamak, and plant

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Maintenance

• Develop concepts and prototypes with other R&D engineers
• Use in-house prototyping capabilities, including 3D printing, lathe, and mill, to prototype, iterate, and validate ideas
• Create CAD designs and oversee fabrication of prototypes with outside vendors
• Analyze and test design concepts for feasibility and performance
• Support concept development, detail design, fabrication, assembly/testing, and final reporting/presenting findings
• Support critical design validation testing as needed for program development
• Present concepts, analyses, and findings to internal teams and stakeholders
• Perform other duties as required

Mechanical Engineer jobs in Massachusetts

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