Mechanical Design Engineer – Test Systems

All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
Employment type: Full Time W-2 or Contract
Rate: open to Negotiation
Benefits: including Health Dental Vision PTO Holidays 401Ketc.

Mechanical Design Engineer Test Systems

Location: Tucson AZ
Work Type: Onsite
Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required; Secret clearance required or obtainable

Role Summary

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to support the design and development of mechanical test systems fixtures assemblies and hardware used in aerospace and defense environments.

This role focuses on 3D CAD design drawing package development mechanical packaging environmental test support and hardware integration for production and engineering test systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop mechanical test systems fixtures assemblies and support hardware.
• Create and maintain 3D CAD models 2D drawings and mechanical drawing packages.
• Use Creo / ProE or similar CAD tools to support mechanical design and documentation.
• Apply GD&T tolerance analysis and mechanical design principles to support manufacturability and performance.
• Support test systems used in vibration thermal hydraulic RF electro-optical and electro-mechanical environments.
• Integrate and validate mechanical test hardware against accuracy reliability and performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot design fit function reliability and production-support issues.
• Recommend design updates to improve performance reliability manufacturability and maintainability.
• Work with electrical systems manufacturing and test teams on hardware integration.
• Evaluate production installations and support modifications to resolve equipment or hardware issues.
• Support design reviews documentation updates configuration changes and release activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field.
• 2 years of mechanical design product design test equipment or engineering support experience.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools; Creo / ProE preferred.
• Experience creating mechanical drawings assemblies and drawing packages.
• Knowledge of GD&T tolerance analysis and mechanical design fundamentals.
• Ability to support hardware design from concept through integration validation and production support.
• Familiarity with manufacturability fit/function and design documentation requirements.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience with mechanical test equipment fixtures tooling or production-support hardware.
• Experience with mechanical packaging electronic packaging chassis design enclosures or equipment layouts.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Windchill cPDM or similar.
• Exposure to thermal structural vibration shock or environmental analysis.
• Experience supporting environmental test systems including vibration shock thermal RF or electro-mechanical testing.
• Background in aerospace defense missile avionics or other high-reliability systems.
• Exposure to model-based design model-based engineering or systems engineering concepts.
• Experience working with manufacturing production test or assembly teams.

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