Senior Mechanical Engineer

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE’s Mechanical and Reliability Department seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to perform mechanical and environmental analyses for ground, airborne and shipboard systems. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams from concept through testing.

Requirements include a BS in mechanical engineering and 5+ years’ related experience; proficiency with CAD tools, SolidWorks, and ANSYS; experience with structures, dynamics and thermofluids analyses; and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret

Qualifications

• B.S. in mechanical engineering or related field with 5+ years’ experience; equivalent combo allowed.
• Experience with CAD tools and reading/generating mechanical drawings.
• Proficient in structures, dynamics and thermofluids analyses; FEA techniques.
• Ability to scope and perform tasks autonomously; DoD clearance capable.
• U.S. citizenship required for security clearance; on-site work four days/week.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical and environmental analyses for ground, airborne and shipboard systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept through testing and delivery.
• Deliverables to sponsors and support system-level assessments.

Skills

FEA

Dynamics

Thermofluids

Autonomous work

Leadership in research

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

SolidWorks

ANSYS

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

The Mechanical and Reliability Department provides innovative solutions for electronic prototypes designed for advanced sensing, communication, and navigation systems. Areas of expertise include ground, airborne and shipboard systems. Engineers from the group are critical to all aspects of prototype or system development beginning with conceptual design, continuing through detail design, system integration and test, fabrication, and environmental testing. We provide technical guidance through rigorous analytical, physical, and computational methods with data driven products to enhance decision making and risk management.

MITRE's Mechanical and Reliability Department is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to perform mechanical and environmental analyses for ground, airborne and shipboard systems.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional technical teams comprised of both in-house and sponsor personnel in the development and evaluation of command-and-control systems.
• Perform dynamics, structural, and thermofluids analyses at the component, individual item, and system level.
• Be responsible for deliverables or parts of deliverables to sponsors.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related plus a minimum of 5 years of related experience or or equivalent combination of related education and work experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
• Experience using CAD software and generating and interpreting mechanical drawings
• Experience conducting engineering analyses in the areas of structures, dynamics, and thermofluids, including the application of Finite Element Analysis techniques
• Ability to scope and perform mechanical engineering tasks autonomously
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of experience and a master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
• Experience working collaboratively in a team environment and demonstrated excellence and effectiveness of written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with SolidWorks CAD tools
• Experience with ANSYS (e.g. Workbench, APDL, Mechanical, LS-Dyna, CFX, Fluent, Icepak)
• High-level computational skills in large scale simulations, data analysis, and programming
• Demonstrated ability to lead independent research tasks. Experience proposing and conducting technical research projects.

Clearance Requirements

None

Required Clearance to Obtain

Secret

Salary Compensation Range and Midpoint

$120,400 - $150,500 - $180,600 Annual

Work Location Type

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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