Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Aegis Search Ltd; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Aegis Search Ltd in Fairfax, Virginia, is seeking an experienced mechanical design engineer who will own the enclosure and bracket solutions for flight electronics intended for space. You will shepherd designs from prototype to test and through production, ensuring reliability in launch and years of operation.

This hands-on role requires designing, modeling, and analyzing the product, coordinating with electrical teams, and supporting build, testing, and design reviews on-site.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of mechanical design experience in aerospace or space.
• Strong fundamentals in heat transfer, materials, structural and thermal analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design electronic assemblies, enclosures, brackets, and supporting hardware.
• Perform hand calculations and FEA for thermal and structural considerations.
• Create and maintain part and assembly drawings, including GD&T principles.
• Support prototype build and integration, working closely with the manufacturing team.
• Design fixtures and support vibration, thermal vacuum testing, and data review.

Skills

Mechanical design

FEA

Heat transfer

Materials knowledge

GD&T

Job description

You'll be designing the enclosure and brackets that keep flight electronics alive in orbit - and can follow your designs all the way through from prototype to test.

This a role for an engineer who enjoys real ownership - you'll the product you've design go into test and production, and shipped to customers who will send it to space. Your designs will have to survive launch and work for years where nobody can reach it.

You'll set the mechanical design standards for new product development, own all the analysis behind it, and be the engineer that the electrical team work with to ensure the integrated product works as it should.

This is a hands on design role - you'll architect the product, model it, analyze it, and then see it through design review and test.

This role is based on site in Fairfax, Virginia, and the base salary is in the region of $150,000 to $185,000, plus a bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

What you'll do

• Design electronic assemblies, enclosures, brackets, and all supporting hardware
• Run hand calculations and FEA for thermal and structural considerations
• Create and maintain all the part and assembly drawings, including the application of GD&T principles
• Support all the prototype build and integration, including working closely with the manufacturing team
• Design fixtures, and support the vibration, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing, and review test data

What you’ll need

• 8+ years experience of mechanical design experience, ideally in a sector such as aerospace or space
• Solid design fundamentals, including knowledge of heat transfer, materials, and some structural and thermal analysis

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.