Engineer Mechanical Energy Group

General Atomics - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Diego, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Mechanical Engineer position within the Energy Group at General Atomics involves designing, developing, and fabricating components and systems for Fusion applications, including ITER and DIII-D. The role requires innovative problem-solving skills to address engineering challenges and involves collaboration with a team to ensure successful project execution.

Responsibilities

• Supports and develops innovative and practical solutions to design, manufacturing, assembly and testing challenges.
• Performs functional testing and troubleshooting of equipment and systems in assigned area by utilizing standard engineering and scientific principles.
• Documents findings, implements solutions and communicates results to engineering staff.
• Prepares R&D and production plans and directs designers and technicians in the execution of the plans.
• Develops technical requirements and work scopes for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Monitors subcontractor's status and progress and apprises management, recommending corrective actions when required.
• Performs design and finite element analysis of components, assemblies and sub-systems utilizing CATIA, SolidWorks, ANSYS engineering simulation software.
• Develops design solutions by performing scoping and detailed analyses and iterates to optimize designs and document results.
• Documents work in calculations and formal reports, technical memos, manuals, and presentations requiring a strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• Directs the activities of designers, technicians, and may direct the activities of less experienced technical staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Four or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, or two or more years of experience with a master's degree.
• Understanding of engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory; experience demonstrating a broad application of those concepts in practice.
• Experience in developing and verifying requirements for complex engineering challenges, particularly in fusion plasma diagnostic systems and opto-mechanical design.
• Experience with ASME Y14.5 standard for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience with analyses including fluid dynamics, heat transfer, structural mechanics and dynamics.
• Experience with CAD software packages such as CATIA or SolidWorks, and familiarity with FEA analysis tools such as ANSYS is a plus.
• Strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software is desired.