Mechanical Engineer, Senior

AMERICAN SYSTEMS•Mclean, VA

15d

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsible for providing guidance and expertise in mechanical engineering to design complex mechanical equipment and systems, and to investigate, evaluate and develop new applications for existing equipment and systems. Determines theoretical principles involved and applying advanced analytical and investigative methods and techniques. Analyzes assigned tasks to provide estimates of manpower and material required to complete. Prepares schedules for accomplishing tasks within estimates. Supervises and coordinates technicians in fabrication and installation of complex mechanical and related electronic equipment and systems. May direct field operation and maintenance activities of mechanical equipment/systems installations. Evaluates operational systems and designs modification to eliminate causes of malfunctions or changes in system requirements. Develops new applications requiring appreciable originality and ingenuity, and complex test procedures for equipment and systems which are significantly different from existing designs. Plans, organizes and conducts the development of each assignment; coordinates manpower assigned to each activity and coordinates the activities of group involved in various stages of overall program to ensure effective integration. Provides technical guidance to personnel involved with producing design fabrication drawings. Reviews and corrects drawings to ensure proper engineering techniques and required specification have been utilized. Develops, releases and maintains documentation in accordance with company and contractual requirements. Reviews, writes and edits reports such as evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, etc. to provide recommendations, conclusions, and other data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or Computer Science
Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
Five years experience with ship alterations engineering requirements
Seven years of collective experience in: Modeling and simulation of new designs as well as facilitating changes to existing designs using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) tools and software
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software
Weight & Moment analysis
Static analysis
Commercial and military specification material selection
Materials alternatives analysis

Responsibilities

Providing guidance and expertise in mechanical engineering to design complex mechanical equipment and systems, and to investigate, evaluate and develop new applications for existing equipment and systems.
Determining theoretical principles involved and applying advanced analytical and investigative methods and techniques.
Analyzing assigned tasks to provide estimates of manpower and material required to complete.
Preparing schedules for accomplishing tasks within estimates.
Supervising and coordinating technicians in fabrication and installation of complex mechanical and related electronic equipment and systems.
Directing field operation and maintenance activities of mechanical equipment/systems installations.
Evaluating operational systems and designs modification to eliminate causes of malfunctions or changes in system requirements.
Developing new applications requiring appreciable originality and ingenuity, and complex test procedures for equipment and systems which are significantly different from existing designs.
Planning, organizing and conducting the development of each assignment; coordinates manpower assigned to each activity and coordinates the activities of group involved in various stages of overall program to ensure effective integration.
Providing technical guidance to personnel involved with producing design fabrication drawings.
Reviewing and correcting drawings to ensure proper engineering techniques and required specification have been utilized.
Developing, releasing and maintaining documentation in accordance with company and contractual requirements.
Reviewing, writing and editing reports such as evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, etc. to provide recommendations, conclusions, and other data.