Machine Design Engineer II — R&D Systems Specialist

Amentum company; Tullahoma (TN); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Holidays

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Machine Design Engineer II to join the Advanced Solutions Group, based in Tullahoma, TN or Greenville, SC. You will contribute to multi-discipline machine design projects, often on blank-sheet concepts for complex systems.

Ideal candidates are entry-level or early-career mechanical engineers with strong fundamentals in kinematics, dynamics, and FEA, able to collaborate with structural, process, controls, and aerodynamics colleagues.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Aerospace from an ABET-accredited program.
• Minimum three years' machine design experience.
• Exposure to gears, bearings, belts, machine screws, chains, cams, linkages, gearmotors.
• Knowledge of kinematics, dynamics, stress/strain, power transmission.
• FEA experience: static stress‑strain; natural frequency.

Responsibilities

• Independently but with guidance from a more senior engineer, performs project assignments that involve few complex features and can be guided by codes, standards, and other precedents of the discipline.
• Analyzes and/or evaluates the results of an analysis using techniques prescribed by senior engineers or supervisors.
• Accomplishes, complete tasks of well-defined scope or solves problems which require investigation of a limited and well-defined number of variables.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and calculations.
• Coordinates with designer/drafters.
• May formally review the work of others for techniques and technical approach, if in area of specific technical expertise.
• Supports interface development with other disciplines, working closely with structural, mechanical process, controls and instrumentation, and aerodynamics/fluid dynamics engineers.
• Participates in the production of complete design packages, including detailed drawings, calculations, and specifications, as required.

Skills

Machine design

Kinematics

Dynamics

Stress/strain

Power transmission

Education

ABET-accredited BS in Mechanical or Aerospace

Tools

Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Machine Design Engineer II to join the Advanced Solutions Group, based in Tullahoma, TN or Greenville, SC. You will contribute to multi-discipline machine design projects, often on blank-sheet concepts for complex systems.

Ideal candidates are entry-level or early-career mechanical engineers with strong fundamentals in kinematics, dynamics, and FEA, able to collaborate with structural, process, controls, and aerodynamics colleagues.