Lead Mechanical Engineer, Aerospace & Defense Systems

Machinalabs; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer – Aerospace & Defense to lead mechanical design from concept to production, ensuring manufacturability and reliability of complex metal structures. You will own engineering documentation release, mentor engineers, and drive standardization across a fast-growing manufacturing team.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and process engineering to optimize producibility, lead design reviews, and advance high-precision fabrication processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of mechanical design or product development experience with ownership through production release.
• Advanced proficiency with parametric CAD software (SolidWorks preferred; NX, CATIA, Creo, or Inventor also considered).
• Experience administering or configuring a Product Data Management (PDM) system, preferably SolidWorks PDM.
• Strong understanding of GD&T drawing standards (ASME Y14.5).
• Proven experience creating production-quality mechanical drawings, assemblies, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Solid understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for fabricated metal components and assemblies.
• Understanding of sheet metal forming, machining, welding, trimming, fixturing, and assembly.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design process from concept through released production drawings, assemblies, and documentation.
• Create and modify mechanical designs for structural defense products (missile, hypersonic, UAV, aerospace structures).
• Identify producibility issues related to forming, welding, machining, trimming, fixturing, assembly, inspection, and integration.
• Serve as the engineering release authority for CAD models, drawings, assemblies, and design data.
• Administer and maintain the PDM system, including workflows, revision control, permissions, and configuration management.
• Develop high-quality CAD models, detailed drawings, assemblies, and bills of materials.

Skills

Mechanical design ownership

Product Data Management

GD&T knowledge

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

SolidWorks PDM

Siemens NX

CATIA

Creo

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer – Aerospace & Defense to lead mechanical design from concept to production, ensuring manufacturability and reliability of complex metal structures. You will own engineering documentation release, mentor engineers, and drive standardization across a fast-growing manufacturing team.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and process engineering to optimize producibility, lead design reviews, and advance high-precision fabrication processes