Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Technical Project Lead

Boston Engineering Corporation•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Boston Engineering is seeking an experienced, hands-on mechanical engineer to work from our Houston, Texas office alongside a rapid prototyping and product development team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys practical engineering, building and testing hardware, solving real-world technical problems, and helping teams move quickly while improving engineering rigor over time. This position combines mechanical design, prototyping, testing, technical project execution, and customer-facing communication. You will help introduce practical engineering structure through day-to-day work, including design reviews, documentation, test planning, risk tracking, and requirements discipline in a way that supports the pace and flexibility of rapid prototype development. This role will work closely with the R&D Systems Engineering Director, the Department Director, project teams, customers, and other key stakeholders across the product development space. The ideal candidate can bridge business and technical conversations, support day-to-day execution, and help turn early-stage concepts into reliable, manufacturable solutions. This role is intended to strengthen the connection between rapid prototyping, practical mechanical engineering, and disciplined product development execution. The successful candidate will help the team improve engineering structure through day-to-day project work, technical leadership, and example-setting rather than through heavy process changes. The goal is to maintain the flexibility, creativity, and speed of a rapid prototype environment while improving repeatability, technical documentation, risk awareness, and execution discipline as projects mature.

Requirements

BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
8+ years of product development, mechanical design, or applied hardware engineering experience
Strong CAD proficiency, such as SolidWorks, Creo, or equivalent
Experience designing electromechanical products, mechanical systems, assemblies, fixtures, or test hardware
Hands-on prototyping, laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and design verification experience.
Knowledge of manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA, materials, tolerance considerations, and practical build constraints
Strong practical mechanical aptitude and comfort working directly with hardware, tools, prototypes, and test setups
Ability to lead technical work, coordinate contributors, and influence outcomes without relying solely on formal authority
Comfortable engaging directly with customers and translating between technical and business needs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
This role is restricted to US persons (i.e., US citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology.

Nice To Haves

Rapid prototyping or applied R&D environments
Technical project leadership or product development execution
Client-facing engineering, customer demonstrations, or technical presentations
Proposal development, project estimating, and technical scoping
Product maturation from prototype to production
Requirements development, design reviews, technical documentation, and test planning
Systems engineering or cross-functional product development
Robotics, automation, motion control, defense products, industrial equipment, or complex electromechanical systems
Project management and technical execution leadership
Business development and client relationship management
Technical sales support and opportunity shaping
Mentoring engineers and helping develop practical engineering standards
Establishing lightweight development practices that support repeatable, high-quality execution

Responsibilities

Lead the mechanical design of innovative products from concept through prototype, validation, and transition toward production
Perform engineering analysis, CAD design, prototyping, testing, and design verification
Provide practical, hands-on mechanical engineering support in rapid prototyping, laboratory, shop, and test environments
Work closely with electrical, software, manufacturing, systems engineering, and test teams
Balance rapid iteration with sound engineering judgment, product reliability, manufacturability, schedule, cost, and risk
Help transition prototype concepts into more mature, repeatable, and manufacturable designs
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects
Support day-to-day project execution, task planning, issue resolution, and coordination across technical contributors
Develop and maintain practical project schedules, estimates, resource plans, action lists, and decision records
Identify technical and program risks and drive mitigation strategies with the appropriate project stakeholders
Work closely with the R&D Systems Engineering Director, Department Director, and key product development stakeholders to align technical execution with business and customer needs
Contribute and help drive design reviews, documentation, test planning, verification activities, and requirements discipline without slowing the pace of development
Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver high-quality work on schedule
Develop trusted relationships with current and potential customers through clear communication and understanding of the solution space
Contribute as a technical bridge between customers, business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams
Support proposal development, technical scoping, project estimating, and early opportunity shaping
Identify follow-on opportunities within existing customers and projects and contribute to the growth of our engineering practice