Principal Mechanical Engineer

G&H Staffing Companies (Temp-Secure Staffing and LSE Staffing); Franklin (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

G&H Staffing Companies is assisting a Franklin, MA client in finding a Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, development and life-cycle support of rugged maritime and robotic hardware.

The role emphasizes electromechanical assemblies, FEA analysis, DFM implementation and collaboration with customers and vendors. You will guide a team of up to six engineers and ensure designs transition smoothly to manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 10–20 years of practical mechanical design experience.
• Direct project engineering or technical lead experience.
• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis.
• Design experience for maritime systems and hardware.
• Experience leading design teams up to 6 engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, analyze, and maintain military and commercial hardware.
• Electromechanical design and electronics packaging.
• Perform vibration, shock, fluid, and thermal analyses.
• Implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) practices.
• Create/update detailed fabrication drawings.
• Interface with customers and vendors on projects.
• Provide guidance to vendors and manufacturing.

Skills

Mechanical design

Project leadership

Finite Element Analysis

Robot systems

Tools

SolidWorks

CREO

ANSYS Workbench

Job description

Our client in Franklin, MA is looking to bring on a Principle Mechanical Engineer. This is a direct hire and has a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Seeking a highly motivated Principal Mechanical Engineer, who will be responsible for the design, development, analysis, and design maintenance of military and commercial hardware products. Products include ruggedized military electronic equipment for maritime applications, robotic ground vehicles, vehicle autonomy hardware and ground robots.
• 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 both explicit and implicit modeling to study vibration, shock, fluids, Fluent, structural loading, and thermal responses / performance of the system.
• Implement Design for Manufacturability (DFM) practices.
• Create/update detailed designs and drawings for fabrication.
• Interface with customers and vendors on a project engineering level.
• Perform tolerance analysis, check and approve detail designs and drawings
• Provide technical guidance to vendors and manufacturing in the build of DoD electromechanical assemblies.

Experience:

• 10-20 years’ experience in mechanical design.
• Direct project engineering or technical lead experience managing design tasks.
• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis.
• Design of maritime systems and hardware.
• Design of robotic systems and hardware.
• Capable of following mechanical programs from inception through system integration.
• Capable of leading design teams of up to 6 engineers/designers.