Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Aerospace Fasteners (On-Site)

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC); Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

80 hours PTO per year

10 paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) in Irvine seeks an engineering designer to create specialized fastening products from customer requirements through qualification and production release. The role includes design ownership, prototyping, testing, and coordinating handoff to the shop floor in our on-site lab and shop.

You will sustain legacy products, support MRB, and partner with manufacturing and quality to ensure designs are producible and inspectable against capabilities.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is required.
• Minimum 5+ years of mechanical design engineering experience.
• Proficiency with parametric CAD; SolidWorks experience required; CATIA/NX/Creo/Inventor welcome to ramp quickly.
• Working knowledge of aerospace materials (Titanium alloys, nickel superalloys, corrosion-resistant steels).
• FEA: independently set up and defend studies under defined conditions (SolidWorks Simulation Premium).
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, requirements documents, specs, and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Design new products and modify existing designs from concept through production release.
• Create part/assembly models, drawings, and maintain PDM in SolidWorks.
• Perform engineering analysis using FEA and hand calculations.
• Collaborate with customers to define requirements and resolve questions.
• Ensure designs are producible and inspectable; support MRB dispositions and process troubleshooting.
• Plan and evaluate prototype and qualification testing; write reports.

Skills

CAD proficiency

FEA analysis

GD&T ASME Y14.5

Design validation

Customer requirement translation

Education

B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CATIA

NX

Creo

Inventor

Job description

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) in Irvine seeks an engineering designer to create specialized fastening products from customer requirements through qualification and production release. The role includes design ownership, prototyping, testing, and coordinating handoff to the shop floor in our on-site lab and shop.

You will sustain legacy products, support MRB, and partner with manufacturing and quality to ensure designs are producible and inspectable against capabilities.