Mechanical Designer

A Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned (Hawaiian), Veteran-Owned, Small Business, P3I provides comprehensive, cost-effective, and integrated services to the federal government, civilian agencies and departments, and the commercial business sector.

The Mechanical Engineering Group provides mechanical design for systems such as; large antenna structures, mechanisms, optical and electronic packaging & cable design for airborne and space systems.

The candidate will design and document mechanical components and assemblies from rough sketches and/or verbal instructions from the engineering staff. He/she would be responsible for performing basic design calculations and initiating design concepts, layouts and finished manufacturing drawings specifying dimensional tolerances, surface finishes, and materials. There will be preparation of engineering release/revision documentation, as well as assisting the responsible engineer in producing fabrication orders and supporting the fabrication and assembly process, as required. Requires little or no supervision and performs assignments with creative ability, resourcefulness, and originality.

* Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience as a mechanical designer, including a minimum of six (6) years’ experience on CAD (Computer Aided Design) and PDM (Product Data Management) systems. * Candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas : opto-mechanical design, electronic packaging, or structural design. * Candidate will have knowledge of mechanical fabrication and assembly techniques including conventional machining of metal. Additive manufacturing, not including molding, knowledge will also be considered. * Candidate will have knowledge of ASME Y14 family of standards, and specific experience using ASME Y14.5 GD&T. Candidate will have a minimum 2 years of experience designing with SolidWorks. Candidates without SolidWorks experience will not be considered. * Alternatively, candidates with experience using PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling may be considered. Candidates possessing only Creo Parametric (formerly Pro/E) experience will not be considered. * Candidate with familiarity with standards and established practices in; aircraft, missile, spacecraft and ground support equipment are desired. * Candidate must be capable of developing own concepts, design layouts, and basic calculations to support their design. * Candidate must have good communication skills, require little or no supervision, and possess good creative skills. * Candidates having experience primarily with plastic and/or molding design will not be considered. * Candidates with only low level design skills (simple bracket design, drafting etc) will not be considered. Candidate must show experience designing assemblies with some complexity. * The majority of a candidates experience should be designing machined components. Sheet metal experience will not be considered valuable.