
Mechanical Engineer
Leonardo DRS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Germantown • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Involved with the design, fabrication and modification of mechanical and/or electro mechanical components, sub-systems and systems
- May include Mechanical Analysis, Aerodynamics/Fluids, Thermal, Fluid Systems, Mechanical Packaging, or others
- Evaluate and recommend design approaches to meet production requirements for new or improved products or services
- Investigate solutions to product or process problems
- Support and participate in technical activity
- Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems
- May use computer-aided engineering or other design/analysis software in the performance of assignments
- Ability to work independently under supervision of others
- Provide regular reporting of progress and status
- Responsible for completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements
- Review customer specifications and requirements, and under direction, develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
- Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
- Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
- Develop prototypes to retire key development risks as directed
- Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
- May participate in preparation of less complex proposals
- Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
Requirements
- Novice technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Ability to obtain DOD security clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- life and disability insurance
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- flexible work schedules with 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
mechanical designfabricationmodificationmechanical analysisaerodynamicsthermal systemsfluid systemscomputer-aided engineeringtestingprototype development
Soft skills
independent workcommunicationreportingproblem-solvingcollaborationtime managementcustomer interactionproposal preparationmission reinforcementorganizational culture support
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineeringDOD security clearance