Job SummaryWe are hiring a Opto-Mechanical Engineer to join our team in Acton, MA.
This opportunity affords the chance to operate as part of a highly skilled, collaborative and supportive project team that produces best in class, rigorously engineered, high-performance space based optical sensor payloads
This individual will also have a proven track record in creative concept generation and trade studies, and meeting program budget and schedule objectives. The successful candidate will demonstrate a clear dedication to taking ownership of his or her work, a drive to not leave tasks incomplete or not understood and be absolutely committed to making the team and project succeed.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: - Provide Mechanical Engineering support to a design team and execute to plan while managing and tracking work assignments and progress.
- Track and understand design requirements and apply sound engineering principles and oversight to meet project requirements.
- Generate and present design review packages for internal and external audiences.
- Support customer and supplier interactions as required.
- Develop creative conceptual designs for new products and proposal efforts.
- Help plan and support the environmental testing of hardware including vibration, shock, thermal and others as required.
- Perform root cause assessments on hardware failures. Identify solutions and perform analysis as required to verify validity of proposed solutions.
- Able to work on multiple assignments and with multiple teams simultaneously.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications- Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
- Ability to perform basic mechanical analyses including static and dynamic structural and thermal.
- Ability to support design and development of hardware to ensure requirements compliance.
- Strong mechanical aptitude, excelling in problem solving and troubleshooting.
- Ability to read mechanical drawings and perform tolerance assessments.
- Good communication and organizational skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required
Preferred Skills and Credentials:- Opto-mechanical and electro-optic hardware design experience is highly desirable.
- Finite element modeling skills including thermal, structural, and transient shock.
- Design for shock, vibration, and thermal environments.
- SolidWorks 3D CAD Modeling
- Experience with FEMAP/NASTRAN
- Secret and/or SCI DoD security clearance.
