
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Saab
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Quincy • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • United States
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Salary
💰 $121,900 - $158,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Conceive, develop, and analyze, mechanical components, assemblies, and systems
- Apply fundamentals of mechanical engineering to create innovative solutions.
- Present and discuss technical concepts, tradeoffs, analyses, designs, and performance estimates.
- Interface with Systems Engineering and other disciplines to develop/define/implement customer requirements.
- Follow through on full product lifecycle: development, prototyping, integration, verification, delivery, and support as required including operations and sea-testing.
- Incorporate best practices for mechanical engineering and Design for Cost & Manufacturability.
- Identify, manage, and solve problems associated with mechanical engineering work products.
- Apply experience and knowledge to resolve design, supplier quality, manufacturing, and field issues.
- Create and modify assembly drawings, vendor item control drawings, connection diagrams, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) for an entire system including electronics.
- Follow company standard operating procedures and Quality System requirements.
- Plan, organize, and estimate required effort for responsible tasks, including possibly writing Basis of Estimates (BOEs).
- Work within a team environment to achieve goals.
- Support mentoring and engineering staff development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline required, Master’s degree is a plus.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in advanced mechanical design with broad application and a fundamental understanding of the product development life cycle.
- Fundamental understanding of industry accepted design methods and practices, including design spaces/tradeoffs, test data analysis, and requirement/specification change processes.
- Significant product development background demonstrating a strong engineering aptitude and good problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve issues during design, development and execution of mechanical engineering activities.
- Experience using SolidWorks, Solid Edge, ANSYS (bonus), MS Office (Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. (Project is a plus)) to create drawings, documents, work products, and presentations.
- Ability to update and review mechanical drawings for correct geometric dimension tolerancing (GD&T), accuracy, and completeness.
- Proven contributor on project teams to accomplish objectives.
- Effective contributor in a team environment, providing technical leadership where applicable.
- Ability to work independently to achieve technical and program requirements.
- Ability to work with other engineering disciplines to contribute to a collaborative development environment.
- Must hold or be able to obtain U.S. DoD SECRET security clearance.
- Ability to travel up to 25%, both international and domestic.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents
- Generous paid time off, including 8 designated holidays
- 401(k) with employer contributions
- Tuition assistance and student loan assistance
- Wellness and employee assistance resources
- Employee stock purchase opportunities
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
mechanical designproduct development life cycledesign for costmanufacturabilitygeometric dimension tolerancingproblem-solvingtest data analysisassembly drawingsBills of Materialsdesign methods
Soft Skills
technical leadershipteam collaborationmentoringindependent workorganizational skillscommunication skillsproblem resolutionplanningestimating effortinterdisciplinary collaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringU.S. DoD SECRET security clearance