Principal Mechanical Engineer - Robotics & Maritime Systems

QinetiQ US (formerly Avantus Federal); Franklin (MA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

QinetiQ US in Franklin, MA is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, analysis, and maintenance of rugged military and commercial hardware. You will oversee electromechanical assemblies and provide technical guidance for DoD programs.

The role requires 10–20 years in mechanical design, strong leadership, FEA experience, and the ability to work across Devens and Franklin facilities, with clearance access if needed.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Knowledge of sheet metal fabrication, machining processes.
• Knowledge of stage-gate and design cycle processes.
• Experience with welding standards and practices.
• Experience in processing Engineering Changes to documentation on DoD programs.
• 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 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.
• 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

Technical lead

Finite Element Analysis

Maritime systems

Robotics hardware

DFM practices

Vibration analysis

Team leadership

Solid modeling

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

MS preferred

Tools

ANSYS Workbench

SolidWorks

CREO

Microsoft Excel

Job description

QinetiQ US in Franklin, MA is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead design, development, analysis, and maintenance of rugged military and commercial hardware. You will oversee electromechanical assemblies and provide technical guidance for DoD programs.

The role requires 10–20 years in mechanical design, strong leadership, FEA experience, and the ability to work across Devens and Franklin facilities, with clearance access if needed.