Mechanical Engineer

About the Role

The Mechanical Engineer on the Dynapower Defense team will work collaboratively with their teammates to develop power conversion military products that exceed our customers’ expectations. They will apply their military product development expertise to deliver mechanically sound, verified, and compliant designs. Successful candidates will have a blend of experimental, numerical (simulation) and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverages engineering fundamentals and organization to make sound decisions on complex technical issues
• Detailed understanding of market and implications for business
• Proactively challenge and drives the organization to deliver improved quality and performance related to engineering design
• Product Strategy participant and driver
• Maintain product documentation (drawings and specifications)
• Direct interaction with customers to solicit product specifications requirements, schedule expectations and budget
• Corrosion research and welding characterization
• Lead mechanical design activities while participating on cross-functional New Product Development (NPD) teams
• Assist with design prototype builds and production validation activities in collaboration with manufacturing, quality, and supply

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Mechanical Engineering Principles
• Materials
• Mechanics
• Fluid Dynamics
• Thermo/Heat Transfer
• Basic Electrical Circuits
• Microelectronic Assembly
• Statistical Methods
• Process Control Fundamentals
• Product Test Processes
• Manufacturing Methods (e.g., welding, brazing, soldering, adhesive bonding, machining, stamping, molding, forming)
• Core Manufacturing Processes
• Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Solidworks (preferred)
• EPDM (preferred)
• FEA (preferred)
• CFD (preferred)
• Thermal Analysis (preferred)
• Mechanical Shock/Vibration Analysis (preferred)
• Mechanical Drafting Standards (preferred)
• GD&T (ASME Y14.5) (preferred)
• Tolerance Analysis (preferred)

Qualifications

• A university degree (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
• Team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong Communication Skills (oral, written, and presentation)
• Strong Organization, Planning, and Time Management Skills
• Strong Personal and Professional Ethical Values and Integrity
• Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
• Strong Interpersonal & Collaboration Skills
• Experience developing power conversion military products
• Knowledge of the military design process (MIL-917E)
• Experience working through the CDR and PDR processes (preferred)
• Experience developing high power energy products (prioritized)
• Experience developing products for the U.S. Department of Defense (additional)
• Experience with NAVSEA shipboard products (preferred, additional)
• Experience participating in and/or guiding projects through Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) milestones as defined in MIL-917E (additional)
• Understanding of creepage and clearance requirements for medium-voltage products (highly desirable)
• Ability to provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, suppliers, and external partners while effectively communicating engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders (preferred)
• Experience with high-power energy conversion systems, power electronics packaging, or military power systems (preferred)
• Ability to travel 10%
• Eligibility to obtain authorization under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

This position may require travel.