# Principle Mechanical Engineer

Amentum is seeking a skilled and driven Principle Mechanical Enginee r to join our engineering team based in China Lake, CA. This is a design-focused role that spans the full product lifecycle - from early concept development through hardware fabrication, installation, and on-site operation. The ideal candidate is a licensed or degree-qualified mechanical or aerospace engineer who brings deep expertise in mechanical systems design, structural analysis, and high-pressure fluid systems, and who communicates and collaborates effectively across engineering and operations teams. This position offers the opportunity to lead and participate in design reviews, work alongside vendors to bring hardware from drawing to reality and provide direct technical support during field installation and testing. If you are looking for a role where your engineering decisions have real, visible consequences on mission-critical systems, this is the opportunity for you. This team supports multiple US Navy research and development facilities associated with top priority submarine weapon system development programs. The facilities are one-of-a-kind and provide a capability not found anywhere else in the DoD.

- **Id**: 4229252
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amentum-principle-mechanical-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: China Lake, United States, China
- **Countries**: US, CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T09:05:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6439
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Logistics, Facilities Management, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 14861
- **Name**: Amentum
- **Domain**: amentum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amentum>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 465
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.912
- **Repost share**: 0.002
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 147380
- **Max**: 208899
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 208899

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **China** — Iso: CN; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T09:05:32Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T11:36:04Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 208899
- **Is top pay**: yes

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