Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Schedule: Four 10-hour days per week
Employment Type: Full-time, permanent
Industry: Aerospace and Defense
Travel: Occasional
Relocation Assistance: Possible for an exceptional candidate
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
Security: U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a security clearance required
Position Overview
An aerospace and defense organization is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer to lead, develop and resource a multidisciplinary team of engineers and designers.
This position combines people and technical leadership with hands-on responsibility for design integrity, performance and compliance of specialized defense products. The successful candidate will support new-product development, product sustainment and manufacturing issue resolution within an AS9100/ISO 9001 environment.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead, mentor and develop mechanical engineers and designers.
• Support hiring, workforce planning, performance management and team development.
• Own design integrity, product performance and technical compliance.
• Lead mechanical design decisions across new-product and legacy-product programs.
• Develop designs to customer specifications, internal standards and industry requirements.
• Apply GD&T, dimensional stack-up and tolerance analysis.
• Perform calculations and collaborate on FEA, thermal, shock, vibration and acceleration analysis.
• Develop and execute design-verification strategies.
• Present technical material during internal and customer design reviews.
• Support manufacturing and quality teams with troubleshooting, nonconformance resolution and corrective action.
• Improve engineering processes, standards and best practices.
• Provide estimates and technical content for proposals and RFPs.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree with at least nine years of relevant experience; graduate degree with at least seven years; or at least 13 years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Significant mechanical product-design and development experience.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing engineers or designers.
• Strong 3D CAD experience using Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX or comparable software.
• Expert application of GD&T under ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100.
• Professional dimensional stack-up and tolerance-analysis experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, production and quality functions.
• Strong technical presentation, communication and problem-solving skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain the required clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Active Department of Defense Secret clearance.
• Strong mechanics, vibration, fatigue and thermal-analysis fundamentals.
• FEA and physical test-validation experience.
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly.
• Familiarity with AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality systems.
Equal Opportunity
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any status protected by applicable law.