Senior Mechanical Engineer - Machine Design

BNH•San Marcos, TX

3d•$139,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer, supporting the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts at Arnold AFB in Manchester, TN. The Mechanical Engineer will be working as a member of an integrated team responsible for supporting the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts. Open to internal and external candidates. The successful candidate for Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer will leverage broad experience to provide Machine and Mechanism design. This Engineer will independently perform complex design and analysis tasks, lead medium to large sized teams in development of designs, check design packages, lead design reviews, and mentor/oversee early career engineers.

Requirements

B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 10 years’ experience with machine and mechanism design.
Ten (10) years’ experience in finite element analysis (FEA) and applications of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
Must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance and maintain authorized user access to the AEDC local area network.
U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal government contract compliance requirements and the necessity to access secure federal databases and networks on Arnold Air Force Base

Nice To Haves

10 years of experience with application of finite element analysis (FEA) (ANSYS Work Bench Finite Element Analysis).
10 years of experience utilizing CAD (AUTODESK INVENTOR).
5 years’ experience in the application of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
5 years’ experience providing support to model/machine shop during fabrication, assembly, and
Experience with FEM/structural software (such as ANSYS, ABAQUS, NASTRAN, or STAAD.Pro) and 3D modeling tools (Revit or Siemens NX).
Experience with welding procedures, fabrication shop drawings, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
Familiarity with wind tunnel model design and fabrication.
Familiarity with turbine and rocket test cells, wind tunnels, space chambers, and/or arc heater facilities; or other industry product test facilities is desirable.
Professional Engineering Licensure
Active DoD Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Independently perform complex analysis and design of components, systems, and facilities by using the mechanical engineering skills of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, machine element design, and manufacturability.
Check complex analysis and design originated by less experienced engineers.
Develop concepts for new hardware and provide thermal, structural, flow, or any other required analysis to support the proposed design. Evaluate the analysis results for suitability relative to applicable codes and standards.
Designing one-of-a-kind of mechanisms, wind tunnel models, and test fixtures including associated stress analysis.
Provide engineering support to the appropriate craft workforce to facilitate maintenance and repair of existing systems. Evaluate existing hardware for safety, security and potential for improvement.
Work with the design team (drafters, checkers, etc.) to produce complete design packages, including detailed drawings, analysis reports, and equipment specifications, and be capable of communicating the details of these design packages to the remaining project team (system engineers, test engineers, project managers, craft supervisors, etc.)
Serve as responsible engineer/point of contact for the Design Engineering support to a complex, multi-year project.
Coordinate with the appropriate system engineer, craft supervisor, and/or work planner to ensure that hardware is fabricated and installed in accordance with the approved design package.
May serve as Team Lead (typically >5 members) conducting complex analysis and design of components, systems, and facilities.
Serves as an expert on Design Engineering execution, providing coaching and guidance to the rest of the team.
It is a condition of employment to wear company issued PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy.
Perform other related duties as required.