Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Required

• You’re a principal-level mechanical engineer who has led the design of complex hardware from a blank sheet to a fielded product, and you’ve built the judgment that comes from seeing designs succeed and fail in test. You set technical direction, make the hard architecture calls, and raise the bar for everyone around you, while staying close to the hardware yourself. You might come from aerospace, automotive, motorsport, energy, industrial turbomachinery, or another field where hardware runs at the edge of its limits. Propulsion experience is highly valued but not required. What matters most is a record of leading hard mechanical programs to success.
• At Astro Mechanica, you’ll be a technical leader on DualityTM, our jet engine built to be efficient from takeoff through supersonic flight. You’ll own the mechanical architecture of major engine systems and guide them from early prototype through flight qualification, vehicle integration, and aircraft flight. You’ll set the test-like-you-fly standard for the team.
• 10+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience, including technical leadership of complex hardware programs from concept through build and test
• A track record of owning the architecture of a major system or product, not just individual components
• Deep expertise in a major CAD package (Siemens NX preferred; we’ll support your transition from CATIA, Creo, or SolidWorks)
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing processes, including machining, additive, and sheet metal, along with precision measurement and GD&T
• A strong command of structural analysis, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, with the judgment to know when analysis is good enough and when to go test
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar of a team
• The ability to communicate complex technical tradeoffs clearly to engineers, leadership, and external stakeholders
• Comfort making decisions under uncertainty in a fast-moving environment