ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life. As a Design Engineer II, you will support the mechanical engineering group by leading design efforts, creating mechanical drawings, and ensuring compliance with customer requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Supports the mechanical engineering group while leading in all aspects of design
- Conceptualize, design, and develop structures, mechanisms, and mechanical systems in accordance with customer requirements and customary standards
- Create 2-D mechanical layout drawings and 3-D solid model conceptual drawings
- Perform required mechanical engineering calculations and analysis of designs to ensure their safe operation in meeting designated requirements
- Verify calculations and analysis work of peers and junior engineers
- Leads design efforts on systems and sub-systems
- Document requirements for performance, compliance with customer requirements, plans, test procedures, test reports, and any other contractual specifications
- Review designs for cost, manufacturing, and quality assurance issues
- Create formal or informal engineering drawings, bill of materials, manufacturing system requirements, and inspection/quality assurance specifications in accordance with appropriate standards and specifications
- Support manufacturing, quality assurance, assembly, testing, and deployment of designs from concept to delivery. Provide technical support internally and externally
- Support proposal/presentation preparation and business development activities
- Support bench and field-testing of mechanical elements and systems
- Mentor and resource for more junior engineers
Requirements:
- B.S. or M.S. Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent in relevant experience and registration
- Typically possesses 2-5 years aerospace and/or defense experience
- Solid understanding of multiple engineering technologies
- Proven experience in leading design of robust hardware
- Detailed knowledge of design-based military and commercial specifications
- Proficient in SolidWorks, and experienced in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Knowledge of CAD/CAE tools relevant to mechanical systems design
- Must be a U.S. Citizen, and hold or be able to obtain a DoD SECRET clearance