Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

As a Mechanical Engineer, your role will involve developing precision opto-mechanical components and products, mainly for military applications. These include optical assemblies, IR & visible sights, and electronics packaging. You will be a key member of a project team, designing, developing, analyzing, documenting, and supporting testing of our products, systems, or subsystems. You will use computer-aided engineering or other design/analysis software to develop new or improved products. Your duties will also include evaluating and recommending design approaches to meet performance requirements for new or improved products, investigating solutions to product or process problems, and performing structural and thermal modeling and analysis of complex opto-mechanical systems to verify and validate that the design meets performance requirements. You will also develop prototypes to retire key development risks, collaborate with Systems Engineering and other Design Engineering disciplines on product development, provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments, participate in and conduct peer reviews and formal design reviews, create and release engineering drawings and documents using PLM systems, participate in proposal preparation, and support the testing of products.

Hard Skills

• Precision mechanical and mechanism design

• 3D CAD

• Strong understanding of GD&T principles

• Experience with PLM systems

Soft Skills

• Strong customer focus, both internal and external

• Collaborative team player

• Ability to participate in and conduct peer reviews and formal design reviews

• Ability to provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Melbourne, Florida.

Work Environment

You will be part of a dedicated team of 6-10 people. Your work will involve layout architecture and preliminary CAD work. You will also be sizing parts and bearings and will have the opportunity to interact with outside vendors.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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