Amtec Staffing

Overview

Take Your Mechanical Engineering Career to the Next Level! Work on challenging designs, advanced technologies, and high-impact engineering projects as a Mechanical Engineer III in Pasadena, CA.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with product delivery leads, technical leads, proposal managers, and project management.
• Participate in and sometimes lead design teams to develop space flight and ground support electronic hardware, subsystems, and components.
• Generate detailed 3D CAD models, drawings, layouts, sketches, and design studies using NX or comparable tools.
• Create and revise designs for components, subsystems, and systems to improve manufacturability, structural integrity, performance, and compliance with engineering standards.
• Interface with packaging and manufacturing engineers, designers, analysts, machine shop, Quality Assurance, and project staff.
• Plan and produce work instructions for fabrication and assembly of electronic packaging, cable harnesses, and mechanical assemblies.
• Prepare for and participate in technical design reviews, including presenting design content and addressing action items.
• Solve complex mechanical and packaging design problems, perform trade studies, and develop design requirements supporting hardware qualification and fabrication workflows.
• Coordinate design criteria including ease of manufacture, material availability, and contractual specifications with engineering, materials, and planning groups.

Requirements

• Advanced understanding and application of mechanical engineering principles including structures, configuration, mechanisms, structural analysis, integration, and test.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline, with corresponding experience levels.
• Strong proficiency with CAD tools such as NX or SolidWorks; experience with recent NX versions preferred.
• Knowledge and practical application of ASME Y14.xx and Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Broad experience in mechanical and electronic packaging design, including printed wiring board (PWB) design, mechanical chassis, manufacturing processes, and cable harness assembly.
• Ability to independently execute mechanical design activities, coordinate fabrication and assembly, and support hardware qualification.
• Strong communication, organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines in a team environment.

Benefits

• PTO

Additional Information

• Location: Pasadena, CA - ONSITE
• Shift: 1st
• 9/80 Schedule
• This is a contract position for 2 years with the possibility of conversion to Direct HIRE.
• No Corp to Corp or Staffing Partnership