Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer – Aerospace Packaging

avav; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and testing of mechanical systems for high-altitude aerospace electronics.

The role focuses on mechanical packaging, thermal management, and production tooling, with emphasis on MIL-STD-driven development and supplier coordination. Responsibilities include leading analytical efforts, developing drawings and BOMs, and guiding mid-size development projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 – 12 years of relevant technical experience in Mechanical Engineering, of which a minimum of 5 years in developing for production rotating electrical machines, electronics equipment packaging solution, and/or mechanical devices solutions for industrial and aerospace applications
• Experienced in developing requirements specification for mechanical subsystems and according to MIL-STD 961D standard or equivalent
• SolidWorks for mechanical modeling.
• ANSYS for structural and fatigue analysis
• ANSYS Icepack for thermal analysis.
• Extensive experience with Solid Works and designing electrical rotating machines for high-performance applications
• Extensive experience with thermal management tradeoffs and solutions and materials properties
• Experienced with bonding techniques for extreme environmental conditions using different adhesives
• Experienced with manufacturing methodologies of electrical machines
• Experienced with creating and maintaining product document tree
• Experienced with creating and maintaining products bill of materials (BOM)
• Experienced with test and measurement techniques, such as torque transducer calibration and instrumentation

Responsibilities

• Leads or supports the thermal, structural, dynamic, and fluid flow analysis efforts for electronics equipment
• Leads the testing and data collection in the laboratory and the field
• Models the mechanical devices and selects the proper material
• Performs stress and fatigue analysis; Performs thermal analysis and selects bonding material
• Develops mechanical drawings and specifies the dimensional tolerances
• Develops assembly instructions and test procedures
• Develops test plans and test procedures to verify designs
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of variable factors
• Executes team assignments effectively following the given schedule, milestone, and available resources. May coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead).
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

SolidWorks

ANSYS

ANSYS Icepack

Mechanical design for production rot.电

Thermal management

Bonding techniques

Manufacturing methodologies

Electrical machinery packaging

Stress and fatigue analysis

Thermal analysis

Documentation & BOM management

Test & measurement techniques

Education

MS degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

ANSYS

ANSYS Icepack

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and testing of mechanical systems for high-altitude aerospace electronics.

The role focuses on mechanical packaging, thermal management, and production tooling, with emphasis on MIL-STD-driven development and supplier coordination. Responsibilities include leading analytical efforts, developing drawings and BOMs, and guiding mid-size development projects.