Senior Subsea Actuation Engineer

Insight Global; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Mechanism Design Engineer to design and qualify actuated payload mechanisms for subsea deployment. You will lead concept through qualification, ensuring reliability after long dormancy and under seawater conditions.

The role requires ownership of mechanism development, kinematic analysis, and selecting actuators for marine environments. Travel up to 25% to test sites and suppliers is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of mechanism or actuation design experience on deployed hardware with Siemens NX or SolidWorks.
• Demonstrated ownership of a mechanism from concept through qualification test.
• Experience selecting and integrating actuators, motors, or drive systems.
• Maritime experience, either UUV, subsea, or pressure vessels.
• Strong kinematic and load path analysis, including margin and duty cycle calculation.
• CAD and drawing release experience with GD&T.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design actuated payload mechanisms — deployment, release, latching, and door systems.
• Select and qualify actuators, motors, and drive hardware for subsea service.
• Perform mechanism analysis: kinematics, load paths, margin, and duty cycle.
• Design for single-shot and low-cycle reliability after long dormancy.
• Own mechanism qualification testing, including pressure and life-cycle validation.
• Develop failure modes analysis and redundancy strategy for critical mechanisms.
• Produce drawings, tolerance stackups, and specifications for mechanism hardware.
• Partner with Payload Mechanical, Payload Electrical, and Launch Systems on integration.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and supplier facilities.

Skills

Mechanism design

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

GD&T

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Mechanism Design Engineer to design and qualify actuated payload mechanisms for subsea deployment. You will lead concept through qualification, ensuring reliability after long dormancy and under seawater conditions.

The role requires ownership of mechanism development, kinematic analysis, and selecting actuators for marine environments. Travel up to 25% to test sites and suppliers is expected.