Lead Mechanical Engineer, Precision Munitions

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); In loco; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Heaviside Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles designs and builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for US and allied forces, with in-house manufacturing.

The role leads mechanical design of airframes, mechanisms and payload packaging from concept to production, applying GD&T, FEA, and MIL-STD-810 requirements. You will drive manufacturability across composites and machined metals, manage thermal and deployment mechanisms, and mentor the mechanical team while delivering production-ready

Competenze

• 10+ years in mechanical design for defense or aerospace hardware with flight or production experience.
• Ownership of subsystems from requirements to production release.
• Expert 3D CAD, preferably NX, with strong GD&T expertise.
• Robust structural analysis capability validated by tests.
• Experience with composites and machined metallic airframes and fabrication methods.
• Experience qualifying hardware to MIL-STD-810 environments including shock and vibration.
• Bonus: folding aerosurfaces or deployment mechanisms experience.

Mansioni

• Own the mechanical design of munition airframes, mechanisms, and payload packaging from concept to production.
• Lead structural design and analysis — hand calculations and FEA — for airframes under loads.
• Design for the military environment: launch shock, vibration, thermal extremes per MIL-STD-810.
• Drive design-for-manufacture with in-house teams across composites and metals.
• Own thermal management for dense avionics and RF payloads in small airframes.
• Develop single-use reliability mechanisms and actuation systems.
• Release production-ready drawings with GD&T and mentor junior engineers.

Conoscenze

Mechanical design ownership

3D CAD proficiency

GD&T (ASME Y14.5)

Structural analysis (FEA)

Composite airframe design

MIL-STD-810 qualification

Vibration/shock analysis

In-house manufacturing liaison

Documentation and drawing release

Strumenti

NX CAD

SolidWorks

CATIA

Nastran/ANSYS/Abaqus

Descrizione del lavoro

Heaviside Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles designs and builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for US and allied forces, with in-house manufacturing.

The role leads mechanical design of airframes, mechanisms and payload packaging from concept to production, applying GD&T, FEA, and MIL-STD-810 requirements. You will drive manufacturability across composites and machined metals, manage thermal and deployment mechanisms, and mentor the mechanical team while delivering production-ready