Design Engineer Level 3 (23040-1)

PSCI; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 82,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

PSCI in Grand Prairie, TX is seeking a Design Engineer Level 3 for a contract role on-site. You will design major components, develop and improve products, and coordinate with other organizations to ensure manufacturability and conformity to specifications.

Requirements include US citizenship, active Secret or Interim clearance, 4/10 workweek, first shift, and at least 3 years Creo design, 2 years Windchill PLM/PDM, GD&T, and 4 years creating finished 3D models. MBD awareness desired.

Qualifications

• 3+ years Creo design experience.
• 2+ years Windchill PLM/PDM experience.
• Mechanical primary and secondary structures.
• 1+ year Concept development.
• 1+ year Design review content preparation.
• 4+ years Create Finished 3D Models.
• 2+ years Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• 2+ years Complex Mechanical/Electrical Concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design major components or major portions of a functional system or prototypes.
• Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Develop basic data, layouts, sketches, and notes for design proposals, considering manufacturability, material availability, interchangeability and cost.
• Coordinate with other organizations affected by design development.
• Create layouts of assemblies and detail parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products.
• Check layouts and drawings for clarity, conformity to standards and calculation accuracy.
• Identify design errors and propose revisions to responsible engineers or designers.

Tools

Creo design

Windchill PLM/PDM

Job description

23040-1 Design Engineer Level 3, Grand Prairie, TX (Secret Clearance/Interim)

DESCRIPTION:

• Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional or specific products.
• Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.
• Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development.
• Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products.
• Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

JOB DETAILS:

• Must be US Citizen.
• Active Secret Clearance or Active Interim Secret clearance.
• 4/10 Work Week.
• 1st Shift.
• $71.92/hr.
• Duration: 11/9/2026-11/4/2027.
• Non-Exempt.
• Contract Position.
• Worker will work Onsite Full Time.

MANDATORY:

• Candidate must have at least 3 years’ experience with Creo design.
• Candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience with Windchill PLM/PDM.
• Mechanical primary and secondary structures.
• At least 1 year of experience with Concept development.
• At least 1 year of experience with Design review content preparation.
• Candidate must have at least 4 years’ experience with Create Finished 3D Models.
• Candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience with Complex Mechanical/Electrical Concepts.

DESIRED:

Model-Based Definition (MBD).