Senior MechanicalThermal Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Senior Mechanical/Thermal Engineer to join our Directed Energy team in Albuquerque New Mexico. The ideal candidate will have a background in thermal analysis engineering design and thermal controls.

The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers scientists technicians and fabricators in a research and development environment supporting advanced directed energy technologies including high-power microwave RF electromagnetic and pulsed-power systems.

Please note: This position is located on-site in Albuquerque NM. There may be opportunity to telework occasionally.

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Primary Responsibilities:

The engineer will be responsible for taking mechanical designs from concept through detailed design fabrication assembly integration and test. The position requires an individual who can work independently communicate effectively across technical disciplines and collaborate closely with machinists fabricators vendors and other engineers to develop robust manufacturable hardware.

Secondary responsibility for capturing cooling requirements for directed energy systems developing thermal control systems that satisfy those requirements supervising their construction and conducting testing and troubleshooting on cooling equipment to verify performance. Duties may include documenting designs and presenting them to the customers generating bills of materials and coordinating their purchase auditing as-build systems for compliance to design and documenting test results.

• Create 3D solid models and detailed mechanical designs for innovative hardware equipment and systems carrying designs from initial requirements and concepts through fabrication assembly integration and testing.
• Perform appropriate engineering analysis to support design decisions and verify mechanical performance.
• Create and maintain engineering drawings including appropriate dimensions tolerances and other manufacturing requirements in accordance with company standards and customer specifications.
• Design hardware with consideration for manufacturability material selection machining welding fabrication assembly and maintenance requirements.
• Work directly with Leidos machinists fabricators technicians and external vendors to develop procure and support fabrication of mechanical components and assemblies.
• Resolve design fabrication assembly and testing issues by developing practical and effective mechanical solutions.
• Support hands-on assembly integration troubleshooting modification and testing of prototype and experimental hardware.
• Collaborate with engineers and scientists from multiple technical disciplines to develop mechanical interfaces and integrated system solutions.
• Manage multiple engineering tasks and projects while effectively balancing technical requirements schedules and priorities.
• Communicate technical concepts design decisions and status effectively to engineering teams project leadership customers and manufacturing personnel.
• Provide technical leadership for significant mechanical subsystems or projects including establishing mechanical approaches interfaces and solutions for complex multidisciplinary problems.
• Collaborate with customers engineers and technicians to develop cooling requirements
• Conduct FEA thermal analysis to quantify heat loads and cooling needs.
• Design cold plates and heat exchangers to manage heat flow.
• Conduct CFD analysis to calculate flow rates pressure drop and heat removal.
• Size commercial heat exchangers fluid pumps and fans in accordance with thermal requirements and analysis.
• Develop 3D models drawings and flow diagrams to document the design of thermal control systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or closely related field with 8 years of experience or a masters degree with 6 years of experience with mechanical or thermal systems.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must meet the eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Demonstrated experience developing mechanical hardware from concept through detailed design fabrication assembly integration and testing
• Proficiency with SolidWorks including 3D part and assembly modeling and creation of detailed engineering drawings; experience with PDMWorks.
• Working familiarity with cooling components such as heat exchangers chillers pumps and cooling fans.
• Experience applying mechanical design principles material selection tolerancing and design for manufacturability in the development of fabricated hardware.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with machinists fabricators technicians engineers and scientists.
• Experience with thermal measurement diagnostics such as thermocouples flow gauges and pressure sensors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to lead meetings with large groups of people.
• Demonstrated ability to develop practical solutions to complex mechanical design fabrication assembly and testing problems
• Ability and willingness to adhere to government and company safety requirements
• Ability to manage multiple projects or engineering tasks while maintaining project schedules and priorities
• Work location is predominantly Albuquerque NM. Candidate must be a resident of or be willing to relocate to Albuquerque NM.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with directed energy systems vacuum components and pulsed power systems.
• Skilled in the use of Simulink to model thermal control systems.
• Adaptable in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with SolidWorks Simulation
• Application of GD&T to mechanical engineering drawings
• Design of machined welded sheet metal and fabricated mechanical components and assemblies including designs requiring multiple manufacturing processes
• Experience with prototype low-volume and research and development hardware
• Structural analysis of mechanical components assemblies and systems using analytical methods and FEA as appropriate
• Thermal and heat-transfer analysis of mechanical and electromechanical systems including development of practical thermal management solutions
• Mechanical packaging and integration of multidisciplinary systems
• Hardware assembly integration testing troubleshooting and field operations
• Vacuum systems vacuum hardware and pressure vessels
• Experience with mechanical design and integration for electromagnetic RF high-power microwave or pulsed-power systems
• Department of Defense or other government research and development programs experience
• Active DoD security clearance

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