Lead Mechanical Design Engineer - Aerospace Systems

Honeywell Aerospace; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace in California is seeking a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the mechanical design process for advanced aerospace products, using finite element analysis and classical methods to ensure robust, efficient packaging.

You will mentor junior engineers, plan tasks, coordinate projects, and ensure compliance to specifications, schedules, and cost targets while collaborating with machinists, technicians, and suppliers to build and test hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• 8+ years designing and performing structural and thermo-mechanical analysis on electro-mechanical packaging.
• Proficiency in static, fatigue (HCF & LCF), modal, shock, random vibration & thermal heat transfer analyses.
• Strong working knowledge of finite element software (ANSYS, Simcenter, SolidWorks) & classical hand calculation methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design and oversee analysis using FEA and hand calculations.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and training to junior engineers.
• Task and schedule planning as lead for mechanical design, tooling, and documentation.
• Project coordination and ensuring compliance to specification, schedule, and cost.
• Collaborate with machinists, technicians, assemblers, and suppliers to build and test hardware.
• Drive process development and continuous improvement.
• Root cause and corrective action; participate in design reviews and ECO/CCB.
• Generate basis of estimates for bids and technical proposals.

Skills

Structural analysis

Thermo-mechanical analysis

Finite element analysis

Engineering leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics

Tools

ANSYS

Simcenter

SolidWorks

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace in California is seeking a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the mechanical design process for advanced aerospace products, using finite element analysis and classical methods to ensure robust, efficient packaging.

You will mentor junior engineers, plan tasks, coordinate projects, and ensure compliance to specifications, schedules, and cost targets while collaborating with machinists, technicians, and suppliers to build and test hardware.