Heaviside Industries

Overview

Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied forces, focusing on economical precision strike capabilities in contested environments. The R&D Mechanical Technician will play a crucial role in building, testing, and improving prototype vehicles and subassemblies.

Responsibilities

• Build, assemble, and integrate prototype air and undersea vehicles and subassemblies from drawings and work instructions.
• Run bench tests on avionics, power systems, and sensors, and record results in test logs.
• Support field tests of vehicles in outdoor and underwater environments, including setup and data collection.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical hardware faults with engineers.
• Draft and improve work instructions and test procedures for production scaling.
• Provide feedback to engineers on system usability, functionality, and maintainability.
• Maintain test fixtures, tools, and calibrated equipment, ensuring organized lab and shop spaces.
• Flag nonconformances and provide feedback to improve yield and reliability.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in building, testing, or troubleshooting mechanical and electromechanical hardware.
• Skill using multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, and torque tools.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Careful documentation habits, including build records and test data.
• Willingness to work on the lab and shop floor and at outdoor field test sites.
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR.

Benefits

• 401k
• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision

Additional Information

• Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and market data.
• Individual level and base pay may vary based on job-related skills and experience.