Lead Mechanical Engineer – Robotics & DoD Hardware

QinetiQ U.S.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

QinetiQ US is seeking a highly motivated Principal Mechanical Engineer, responsible for the design, development, analysis, and maintenance of military and commercial hardware products, including ruggedized maritime equipment, robotic ground vehicles, and vehicle autonomy hardware.

As technical lead, you will evaluate designs, perform FEA, oversee tasks, and ensure compliant documentation at our Franklin, MA facility, with opportunities to collaborate across Devens and DoD programs.

Qualifications

• 10-20 years' experience in mechanical design.
• Direct project engineering or technical lead experience.
• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis.
• Design of maritime systems and hardware.
• Design of robotic systems and hardware.
• Capable of leading design teams up to 6 engineers.
• Mechanical Engineering BS (or equivalent), MS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Electromechanical design, layout, modeling and production support of electro-mechanical assemblies and electronics packaging (using Solidworks and/or CREO).
• Analysis of complex mechanical systems via ANSYS Workbench implementing explicit and implicit modeling to study vibration, shock, fluids, Fluent, structural loading, and thermal responses.
• Implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) practices.
• Create/update detailed designs and drawings for fabrication.
• Interface with customers and vendors on a project engineering level.
• Writing design specifications, reports, and proposals.
• Presenting technical internal and customer presentations.
• Perform tolerance analysis, check and approve detail designs and drawings.
• Provide technical guidance to vendors and manufacturing in the build of DoD electromechanical assemblies.
• Disposition discrepant material, author fabrication deviations for suppliers, support assembly personnel in support of manufacturing military electronic equipment.
• Must support both Devens and Franklin facilities.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance if required.

Skills

Mechanical design

Project engineering

Finite Element Analysis

Team leadership

Maritime hardware design

Robotics hardware

Sheet metal fabrication

Welding standards

Documentation control

Education

Mechanical Engineering BS (or equivalent)

MS preferred

Tools

Solidworks/CREO

ANSYS Workbench

DoD documentation processes

Job description

QinetiQ US is seeking a highly motivated Principal Mechanical Engineer, responsible for the design, development, analysis, and maintenance of military and commercial hardware products, including ruggedized maritime equipment, robotic ground vehicles, and vehicle autonomy hardware.

As technical lead, you will evaluate designs, perform FEA, oversee tasks, and ensure compliant documentation at our Franklin, MA facility, with opportunities to collaborate across Devens and DoD programs.