Intermediate Mechanical Engineer

The MITRE Corporation

$95K — $119K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience
  • Proficiency in CAD software for design concepts and complex mechanical assemblies
  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Experience with engineering analyses including structures, dynamics, and thermofluids using FEA techniques
  • Strong team collaboration and effective communication skills
  • Eligibility to obtain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance
  • Minimum 4 days a week on-site presence required

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on command and control systems development
  • Conduct dynamics, structural, and thermofluids analyses at various system levels
  • Ensure deliverables meet sponsor requirements and timelines
  • Evaluate mechanical designs for performance in real-world conditions
  • Assist in environmental testing of prototypes to validate system reliability

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional development and technical training
  • Support for work-life balance initiatives
  • Engagement in innovative projects within a collaborative environment
Full Job Description
Department Summary:

The Mechanical and Reliability Department provides innovative solutions for electronic prototypes designed for advanced sensing, communication, and navigation systems. Areas of expertise include ground, airborne and shipboard systems. Engineers from the group are critical to all aspects of prototype or system development beginning with conceptual design, continuing through detail design, system integration and test, fabrication, and environmental testing. We provide technical guidance through rigorous analytical, physical, and computational methods with data driven products to enhance decision making and risk management.

Roles & Responsibilities:

MITRE's Mechanical and Reliability Department is seeking an Intermediate Mechanical Engineer to perform mechanical and environmental analyses for ground, airborne and shipboard systems.

The successful candidate will:
  • Work with cross-functional technical teams comprised of both in-house and sponsor personnel in the development and evaluation of command and control systems.
  • Perform dynamics, structural, and thermofluids analyses at the component, individual item, and system level.
  • Be responsible for deliverables or parts of deliverables to sponsors.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Typically requires 2-5 years of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
  • Skilled in the use of CAD software and generating design concepts and detailed design for complex mechanical assemblies
  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Experience conducting engineering analyses in the areas of structures, dynamics, or thermofluids, including the use of finite element analysis (FEA) techniques
  • Experience working collaboratively in a team environment and demonstrate excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
  • This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working on ground, airborne, or shipboard electronic systems
  • Experience with SolidWorks CAD tools
  • Experience with ANSYS (e.g. Workbench, APDL, Mechanical, LS-Dyna, CFX, Fluent, Icepak)
  • Experience with mechanical, reliability, and environmental test and evaluation such as use of vibration tables, thermal chambers, etc.
  • Experience proposing and conducting technical research projects.


This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$95,200 - $119,000 - $142,800 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

Benefits information may be found here.

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