Senior Mechanical Engineer – Aerospace & Defense | Equity

Energy Jobline ZR; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Aerospace & Defense sector to lead mechanical design from concept through production release. You will guide engineering standards, manage the PDM system, and mentor engineers across manufacturing and process engineering to optimize designs for production, quality, and scalability.

You will partner with teams to ensure manufacturability, drive DFMs, and support design reviews while balancing technical execution with leadership in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of mechanical design or product development with production release ownership.
• Advanced proficiency with parametric CAD software (SolidWorks; NX, CATIA, Creo, or Inventor).
• Experience administering or configuring a PDM system, preferably SolidWorks PDM.
• Strong understanding of GD&T and ASME Y14.5 drawing standards.
• Proven experience creating and reviewing production-quality drawings, assemblies, BOMs, and documentation.
• DFM knowledge for fabricated metal components and assemblies.
• Understanding of sheet metal forming, machining, welding, trimming, fixturing, assembly.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design process from concept to released production drawings and documentation.
• Create and modify mechanical designs for structural defense products (missile, hypersonic, UAV, aerospace).
• Identify producibility issues in forming, welding, machining, fixturing, and assembly.
• Serve as release authority for CAD models, drawings, and data.
• Administer and maintain the PDM system, workflows, revision control, and configurations.
• Develop high-quality CAD models, drawings, and BOMs.
• Establish and maintain drawing standards and DFM guidelines.
• Review others’ work for quality and consistency with standards.
• Mentor engineers on design principles and documentation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to improve producibility, reduce cost, and speed lead times.
• Identify manufacturing risks and drive design improvements.
• Participate in customer technical discussions and design reviews.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering workflows.

Skills

CAD software

PDM administration

GD&T

DFM

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical/Aerospace

Tools

SolidWorks

Siemens NX

CATIA

Creo

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Aerospace & Defense sector to lead mechanical design from concept through production release. You will guide engineering standards, manage the PDM system, and mentor engineers across manufacturing and process engineering to optimize designs for production, quality, and scalability.

You will partner with teams to ensure manufacturability, drive DFMs, and support design reviews while balancing technical execution with leadership in a