Hypersonics Mechanical Design Lead

North Wind; Newport News (VA); In loco; USD 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

North Wind is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineering Supervisor in Newport News, VA to lead design of ground test articles, flight-related components, and facility systems. The role oversees a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, instrumentation, and fluid design engineers, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with requirements.

The successful candidate will manage requirements, budgets, and schedules, coordinate with customers, and participate in design reviews and on-site tests.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 10+ years of related experience or equivalent.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, leadership and decision‑making skills.
• Fast-paced environment experience and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• US citizenship required to obtain/maintain a DOD security clearance.

Mansioni

• Performs conceptual and detailed mechanical design; creates 3D parametric CAD models; conducts fit analysis and component selection; integrates instrumentation.
• Supervises a team of engineers, mentors staff, manages budgets and schedules, tracks performance.
• Leads projects by reviewing customer specs, managing requirements and risks, and reporting on task status and ETC.
• Supports customer interface meetings and design reviews; provides onsite integration and test support as required.
• Documents design outputs and standard work; develops tools to improve team efficiency.

Conoscenze

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Project management

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Strumenti

SOLIDWORKS

MS Office

BOM generation

GD&T

CFD / Finite Element

Descrizione del lavoro

North Wind is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineering Supervisor in Newport News, VA to lead design of ground test articles, flight-related components, and facility systems. The role oversees a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, instrumentation, and fluid design engineers, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with requirements.

The successful candidate will manage requirements, budgets, and schedules, coordinate with customers, and participate in design reviews and on-site tests.