Remote CAD Lead — Aerospace Vehicle Design & Standards

LEAP; Broomfield (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Program

401(k) Retirement Planning

Growth Opportunities (stipend)

Flexible Time Off

Remote Work Flexibility

Health Benefits

Insurance Coverage

Job summary

LEAP is seeking a CAD Lead in Colorado to own and mature CAD standards, templates, libraries, and documentation for launch vehicle programs. You will coordinate with mechanical, structures, propulsion, avionics, and manufacturing teams to ensure accurate and manufacturable models and drawings that enable procurement, fabrication, integration, and flight readiness.

You will mentor designers, manage CAD workloads, and drive repeatable workflows from concept through flight hardware while advancing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional mechanical CAD or product design experience.
• Advanced proficiency in professional 3D parametric CAD software and complex mechanical assemblies.
• Experience creating production-ready engineering drawings for machined, fabricated, welded, sheet metal, or assembled hardware.
• Strong understanding of GD&T and ASME Y14 drawing practices.
• Experience managing complex assemblies, configurations, revisions, and design changes.

Responsibilities

• Own LEAP’s CAD standards, modeling practices, drawing standards, templates, libraries, naming conventions, and design documentation processes.
• Lead CAD execution across launch vehicle, propulsion, ground support equipment, tooling, test hardware, and related mechanical systems.
• Establish and maintain disciplined part, assembly, and drawing structures that support configuration management and hardware traceability.
• Review models and engineering drawings for dimensional accuracy, GD&T, manufacturability, assembly intent, and adherence to LEAP standards.
• Partner with engineering leads to translate design intent into production-ready models and drawings.
• Manage CAD priorities and workload across designers, drafters, technicians, and engineering contributors.
• Support design reviews and ensure CAD deliverables are mature enough to support procurement, fabrication, integration, and test.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex CAD, modeling, assembly, and drawing issues.

Skills

CAD leadership

3D parametric CAD

GD&T ASME Y14

production drawings

complex assemblies

manufacturability

design-to-build workflows

communication across disciplines

Tools

PLM/PDM systems

Job description

LEAP is seeking a CAD Lead in Colorado to own and mature CAD standards, templates, libraries, and documentation for launch vehicle programs. You will coordinate with mechanical, structures, propulsion, avionics, and manufacturing teams to ensure accurate and manufacturable models and drawings that enable procurement, fabrication, integration, and flight readiness.

You will mentor designers, manage CAD workloads, and drive repeatable workflows from concept through flight hardware while advancing