Firepower Hardware Engineer

Contract Professionals; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design and develop systems for various weapon platforms. The role involves working in a collaborative environment, providing technical guidance, and ensuring compliance with design requirements. Applicants must be US citizens due to government contract requirements.

Qualifications

• 5 years in a professional engineering role.
• Ability to design articulating, locking or sliding provisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and release system assemblies.
• Provide technical guidance to create models and drawings.
• Support procurement and on-site prototype build activities.

Skills

Self-starter

Motivation

Technical Direction

Communication

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD Software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description:

Mechanical Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and release system, subsystem assemblies and corresponding components, and provisions for various systems and subsystems mechanisms.

• This department has a strong concentration in the field of gun/turret drives and racerings, a plethora of assorted weapon systems, its integration into various legacy and new platforms, and design of its associated hardware/ammunition handling or feed.
• Ability to design articulating, locking or sliding provisions to Human Factors requirements.
• Must possess CAD software experience.
• Able to provide technical guidance with Design Services to create models, installation and detail drawings, and provide technical support for concurrent engineering.
• Able to support procurement and on-site prototype build/integration activities and resolve issue(s).
• Able to read technical drawings and perform tolerance stacks. Working knowledge of FEA (ANSA, with Nastran and/or LS-DYNA solvers) is a plus.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Required B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5 years in a professional engineering role.
• Self-starter, highly motivated.
• Perform preliminary design and analysis derived from requirements.
• Work in an Integrated Product Team environment and be able to communicate across functional organizations.
• Performing failure analysis & be able to provide technical direction for corrective action solutions.
• Write technical reports & modification instructions.
• CAD modeling capability for generating feasible design concepts.
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Must be able to work in office, shop, plant, test lab, and test site environments.
• Must be able to work overtime if required.
• Must be able to travel if required.

US Citizenship Requirement

This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens.

No Subcontract Requirement

No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third-party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.