Mechanical Engineer

Castellum Inc; Lakehurst (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialty Systems, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support a Department of Defense customer at Joint Base MDL. This role emphasizes hands-on engineering, investigations, documentation, and cross-functional coordination to keep systems performing at peak levels.

The engineer will work on-site under a compressed schedule, collaborating with hardware, manufacturing, and quality teams to investigate issues, document findings, and implement corrective actions.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Secret clearance or ability to obtain at least Secret.
• 1–2 years of substantive engineering experience in a hands-on environment.
• 2–5+ years of directly relevant engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct engineering investigations involving mechanical hardware and manufacturing processes.
• Apply creative problem solving to non-routine technical problems and provide practical resolutions.
• Collaborate with engineers, technicians, manufacturing, and quality personnel to resolve issues.
• Review drawings, specifications, procedures, and reports for technical accuracy and completeness.
• Develop and revise engineering reports, evaluations, and investigation findings.
• Research technical information to support engineering decisions and recommendations.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary engineering issue resolution across teams.
• Track issues and actions through to resolution with proper documentation.
• Participate in technical meetings and communicate findings clearly.
• Support modification of drawings as required.

Skills

Creative problem solving

Technical writing

Engineering investigations

Cross-functional coordination

Hardware experience

Quality assurance

Education

BS/BA in Mechanical Engineering

Secret clearance or ability to obtain

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Specialty Systems, Inc. has an opening for a Mechanical Engineer with the below described skills and experience to join our team of technical professionals supporting our Department of Defense customer at Joint Base MDL. In this position, you will have a high-profile role supporting the development, qualification, production, and sustainment of unique Department of Defense systems.

The Mechanical Engineer will provide hands-on engineering support within a manufacturing and technical environment. The position is focused on technical investigation, engineering problem resolution, technical documentation, manufacturing and quality support, and cross-functional coordination.

Ideal candidates will have practical engineering experience within a manufacturing, production, sustainment, laboratory, or similar hands-on technical environment. Candidates should be comfortable working directly with hardware, technicians, manufacturing and quality personnel, and multiple engineering disciplines to solve real-world technical problems. Individuals must be able to work both independently and within a multidisciplinary team environment.

As a member of our team, you will have the professional satisfaction of playing a key role in ensuring that our Department of Defense customer's systems that directly impact our country's warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities are performing at optimal levels. This position is located at our customer site at Joint Base MDL. In this position, you will work our customer's Compressed Work Schedule, which consists of working four 9-hour days (M-Th) and an 8-hour day (F) for the first week of a cycle, followed by four 9-hour days (M-Th) and being off on the second Friday. This results in a 3-day weekend every other week.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct technical and engineering investigations involving mechanical hardware, manufacturing processes, discrepancies, failures, and other engineering issues.
• Apply creative engineering problem-solving techniques to unique or non-routine technical problems and develop practical recommendations for resolution.
• Work directly with engineers, technicians, manufacturing personnel, quality personnel, and other stakeholders to investigate and resolve technical issues.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, procedures, work instructions, reports, and other technical documentation to verify technical accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Develop and revise engineering reports, technical evaluations, procedures, investigation findings, recommendations, and other supporting technical documentation.
• Research and evaluate technical information necessary to support engineering decisions and recommendations.
• Coordinate the resolution of engineering issues that cross organizational and technical disciplines.
• Track technical issues, actions, and recommendations through resolution while maintaining accurate supporting documentation.
• Participate in technical meetings, investigations, reviews, and working groups and clearly communicate technical findings and recommendations.
• Support the review and modification of engineering drawings when required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A BS/BA degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is preferred.
• Must have a Secret level or higher clearance or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Must have at least 1-2 years of substantive engineering experience within a manufacturing, production, sustainment, laboratory, or similar hands-on technical environment.
• Candidates with 2-5 or more years of directly relevant engineering experience are preferred.

Technical:

• Demonstrated ability to apply creative problem solving to unique or non-routine engineering issues.
• Experience conducting technical and engineering investigations involving hardware, manufacturing processes, discrepancies, failures, or related technical issues.
• Strong technical writing skills, including the ability to clearly document engineering analyses, investigation results, findings, recommendations, procedures, and corrective actions.
• Experience reviewing and verifying the accuracy of technical documentation, including engineering drawings, specifications, procedures, work instructions, and technical reports.
• Knowledge of or practical experience with quality assurance in a manufacturing environment, including inspection, nonconformance, corrective action, process compliance, or related quality activities.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, quality, technical, program, vendor, and/or customer organizations to resolve cross-disciplinary engineering problems.
• Experience working directly with hardware, manufacturing processes, technicians, and engineering personnel.
• Experience supporting DoD, Navy, NAVAIR, aviation, shipboard, or other defense systems is preferred.

Specialty Systems, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws and offers equal opportunity for VEVRAA Protected Veterans. Specialty Systems, Inc. will not discriminate against employees and job applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose compensation information.

Reasonable accommodation that do not cause an undue hardship on the company may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions, as long as that would not hinder or prevent performance of duties or be of a safety concern.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk. The employee may be required to move ten pounds and could occasionally lift or move up to twenty-five pounds.

Disclaimer: The listed duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of primary duties and responsibilities.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.