Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

KODA is a people-first company and a three-time Fortune Best Workplace Great Place to Work certified a Best Place for Working Parents and a seven-time Huntsville Best Places to Work winner.

Were a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense hypersonics DoD space and civil space. At KODA youll find:

• Competitive pay & great benefits
• Career growth & professional development
• A culture of trust integrity and teamwork

The name KODA meaning allies reflects our commitment to our people our customers and our community. Join us and build a career that matters!

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong technical expertise and a commitment to engineering excellence. The ideal candidate delivers high-quality rigorous designs thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about developing innovative solutions that support humanitys expansion into space.

Responsibilities:

• Design analyze build and test components and systems.
• Own the mechanical definition including 3D models detailed drawings design updates and resolution of design discrepancies.
• Coordinate fabrication assembly installation and commissioning of new or modified systems
• Create and manage fabrication and installation drawings in ProE/Creo with Windchill applying industry standards for design drafting and configuration control.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) to ensure designs are producible maintainable and scalable from prototype through higher-rate builds.
• Guide hardware through the full product life cycle from requirements and preliminary design through detailed design build test verification integration and flight.
• Collaborate across disciplines and clearly communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a highly collaborative inclusive environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 3 years of experience designing components and assemblies
• Advance proficiency in CAD (Creo preferred) to create models assemblies and engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GD&T standards (ASME Y14.5) and the practical application of tolerance analysis in mechanical design.
• Proven ability to provide high-quality mechanical design engineering solutions in a rapidly iterating research and development environment.
• Hands-on expertise in integration assembly testing and troubleshooting of rotating machinery-seeing designs through from concept to deployment.
• Strong foundation in mechanical engineering-expert in materials heat treatments statics dynamics and mechanics of materials for mission-critical aerospace applications.
• Experience using PLM software (Windchill preferred) to facilitate aerospace industry standard configuration control of engineering design.

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience interfacing directly with suppliers to solve manufacturing challenges innate to cutting edge design.

Location: 100% Remote

KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex gender identity sexual orientation pregnancy status as a parent national origin disability (physical or mental) family medical history or genetic information political affiliation military service or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability contact to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

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