Mechanical Engineering - Cleared Contractor - L3

Lancesoft; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancesoft seeks a Thermal Engineer for Palm Bay, FL or Carlsbad, CA, in a lab and hardware-development environment. The role requires on-site work, a strong background in thermal analysis, and collaboration across disciplines to meet program milestones.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's or Graduate degree with relevant experience, plus the ability to present concepts to leadership and work within security clearance constraints. Active clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree; level will depend on experience and skillset mix.
• Comfortable collecting technical concepts and presenting them to program leadership.
• Ability to work on-site at Palm Bay, Florida or Carlsbad, California.

Responsibilities

• Works under general supervision on tasks with high level requirements, may own entire projects.
• Supports design by deriving requirements and providing technical input across disciplines.
• Leads onboarding support for new hires and interns, including participation in career fairs.
• Communicates processes and SOPs and documents design intent effectively.
• Provides regular status reports on accomplishments, issues, and risks.

Skills

Presentation skills

On-site work

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

FloEFD

Ansys

Icepak

StarCCM

OpenFOAM

Flotherm

PTC Creo

Catia

NX

Fusion 360

Solidworks

Job description

Thermal Engineer Palm Bay, FL OR Carlsbad, CA MIdpoint Salary range: $125K

Essential Functions

• Works under general supervision on tasking that is typically assigned with high level requirements, may be responsible for entire projects within job area.


• Some derivation of requirements may be required to support the design.


• Leverages prior experience to support designs.


• Actively seeks feedback from SME's and other knowledgeable colleagues as needed.


• Knows when to question requirements to determine real product needs.


• Actively seeks out information by interfacing with external disciplines as required to accomplish assigned tasking.


• Assists with new hire and intern onboarding, including support of career fairs and university outreach.


• Communicates applicable processes and standard operating procedures as well as their importance and benefits.


• Establishes working relationships in other disciplines and departments such as operations, quality, and procurement.


• Effectively documents and communicates design intent.


• Provides regular status reporting of accomplishments, issues, and challenges as well as potential risks directly applicable to current tasking.


• Demonstrated ability and creativity to propose multiple conceptual design solutions.


• Uses knowledge and experience to derive requirements and make technical assumptions, typically within own discipline but also providing input to other disciplines.


• Supported by experienced team members for guidance and feedback.


• Supports execution of tasking that may be critical to the success of the program.


• Identifies issues or risks relative to direct tasking and proactively alerts team leadership.


• Directly contributes to the achievement of critical milestones associated with specific projects (PDR, CDR, TRR, etc).


• Schedule, cost, and technical input at the major subsystem level.


• Identifies and submits process improvement initiatives relevant to daily work.


• Responsible to direct and review the work of new graduate engineers and designers and technicians.


• Exhibits a high level of engagement and ownership in the successful completion of assigned tasking.


• Active Top Secret clearance required. A clearance active within the past two years may be considered, subject to program eligibility requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.


• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Level will depend on experience and skillset mix.


• Comfortable collecting technical concepts and presenting them to program leadership.


• Ability to work on-site at one of the following locations in a lab and hardware-development environment: Palm Bay, Florida;or Carlsbad, California.

Preferred Additional Skills

• First order analysis of heating/cooling thermal management systems (conduction, convection).


• I.E Heat Transfer 101


• Experience in CFD software packages: FloEFD is preferred.


• Ansys, Icepack, StarCCM, OpenFOAM, Flotherm, etc. Acceptable.


• 2+ years experience in thermal analysis for packaging electronics including design for and testing to military environments (i.E. Temperature, vibration, shock, etc.)


• Experience in 3D CAD modeling PTC Creo, Catia, NX, Fusion 360, Solidworks, etc.


• Excellent people skills, with experience working and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.


• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)


• Strong hands-on capabilities, to include integration of mechanisms and products.


• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.


• SCI eligibility active within the past two years may be considered, subject to program eligibility requirements.


• Active polygraph.

Enable Skills-Based Hiring No Security Clearance Level Required -- Top Secret