Senior Mechanical Designer for Spaceflight Tooling

CACI; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 79,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI seeks a Sr. Mechanical Designer in Danbury, CT to develop tooling and flight hardware within an integrated product team. You will work autonomously on space and non-space programs, delivering milestone designs and documentation with limited oversight.

Responsibilities include modeling, drawings, BOMs in PTC Creo, and collaborating across engineering disciplines to ensure manufacturability and cost efficiency. Strong GD&T and data-management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform FEA (Creo or similar)
• Understanding of manufacturing and prototyping processes
• Ability to drive projects from concept to completion with minimal oversight

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical design on multiple projects through all phases of product lifecycle
• Create part models, assembly layouts, detailed drawings, and BOMs using PTC Creo and PDMlink
• Implement requirements and minimize costs
• Collaborate with manufacturing to apply design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Prepare and present program communications: status reports, meetings, peer reviews
• Execute engineering design changes for parts and assemblies
• Support project scheduling and budgeting
• Validate concepts via models and prototypes
• Coordinate with disciplines to deliver complete design packages

Skills

PTC Creo

FEA

GD&T

Cost estimation

Tools

PDMlink

Job description

CACI seeks a Sr. Mechanical Designer in Danbury, CT to develop tooling and flight hardware within an integrated product team. You will work autonomously on space and non-space programs, delivering milestone designs and documentation with limited oversight.

Responsibilities include modeling, drawings, BOMs in PTC Creo, and collaborating across engineering disciplines to ensure manufacturability and cost efficiency. Strong GD&T and data-management skills are essential.