Senior Mechanical Engineer - Aerospace Hardware & Enclosures

Rethink Recruit; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CHAOS Industries seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own the design, integration, and qualification of electronic hardware and enclosures for aerospace and defense applications. This hands-on role spans concept to fielded sustainment, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, RF, power, and systems teams.

You will set mechanical direction, drive decisions, and interface with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to deliver robust hardware for demanding environments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in mechanical design and integration of electronic hardware for aerospace, defense, or similar high-reliability applications.
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD tools such as SolidWorks or equivalent, with experience producing production-ready drawings.
• Experience designing hardware for RF, avionics, power electronics, or embedded computing products.
• Solid understanding of mechanical drafting standards, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and configuration-controlled documentation.
• Experience supporting prototype builds, integration, and qualification testing.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design ruggedized electronic enclosures, chassis, card-level packaging, mounting features, and thermal solutions to meet program and environmental requirements.
• Define and maintain mechanical architectures, interface definitions, and design approaches across multi-disciplinary programs.
• Develop and oversee 3D CAD models, assemblies, drawings, and interface control documentation (ICDs) to production-ready quality.
• Perform first-order structural and thermal analyses to support design decisions and verify compliance with requirements.
• Lead cross-disciplinary technical resolution involving mechanical, electrical, RF, power, and systems teams.
• Serve as primary hardware interface with customers, platform providers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners; conduct make/buy assessments.
• Support production transition, configuration control, and investigation of integration issues on fielded systems.

Skills

Mechanical design

SolidWorks

RF design

GD&T

Prototype builds

Security clearance

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

CHAOS Industries seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own the design, integration, and qualification of electronic hardware and enclosures for aerospace and defense applications. This hands-on role spans concept to fielded sustainment, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, RF, power, and systems teams.

You will set mechanical direction, drive decisions, and interface with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to deliver robust hardware for demanding environments.