About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, defense aviation (aerospace & defense).

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support vehicle and aircraft subsystem design and development. This hands-on role spans structural design, analysis, prototyping, integration, and test. You will work across mechanical, fluid, and avionics disciplines to deliver practical, mass-efficient hardware that meets program objectives.

• Structural design supporting vehicle subsystems such as hydraulics, fuel systems, propulsion, and avionics
• Perform structural and thermal analyses using both hand calculations and finite element analysis (FEA)
• Lead trade studies across mechanical, fluid, and avionics subsystems with emphasis on mass efficiency, cost, and performance
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to ensure designs are producible and aligned with program needs
• Own hardware development from concept through design, fabrication, integration, and test
• Present technical content in internal reviews and represent the team in cross-functional and supplier/customer design reviews

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or physics
• 1+ years of experience with electromechanical design, analysis, and testing (internships and significant student project experience qualify)

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Preferred Skills & Experience

• Hands-on prototyping and mechanical assembly experience for complex systems
• Strong foundation in engineering fundamentals including statics, dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics
• Proficiency in CAD (NX preferred), FEA (Ansys preferred), and PLM tools (Teamcenter preferred)
• Familiarity with mechanical testing under vibration, fatigue, shock, vacuum, and thermal loads
• Experience collaborating across disciplines (fluids, avionics, manufacturing) to deliver integrated systems
• Demonstrated cradle-to-grave ownership of technically complex projects

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Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

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Compensation & Benefits

The posting includes an estimated annual figure for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on role scope, experience, education, skills, market data, and business needs.

Estimated pay (for reference): $171,610 per year — estimated

Benefits offered by Confidential Client include:

• Health & Wellness: 100% employer-paid healthcare and pet insurance
• Financial: Competitive pay, stock options, 401(k) plan, and potential year-end bonuses
• Time Off: Paid parental leave, 12 federal holidays, unlimited PTO for exempt employees, and accrued PTO for non-exempt employees
• Office Perks: Weekly paid office lunches and fully stocked breakrooms

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U.S. Export Control Compliance

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore must be a US person as defined in 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. US persons include US citizens, US nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.

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Equal Opportunity

Confidential Client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

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About the Hiring Process

Careertakes supports this search as a third-party recruiting platform. Careertakes and Confidential Client may use AI tools to assist with application review or resume screening; these tools assist recruiters but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.