# Principal Mechanical Engineer

Radar Reinvented. Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM). Principal Mechanical Engineer Advanced Technology Development ROLE OVERVIEW Echodyne is seeking a PrinIcipal Mechanical Engineer to join the Advanced Technology Development team and lead mechanical architecture and design for rapid radar prototypes, electronics packaging, thermal solutions, test infrastructure, and early system integration. You will join a high-performing, cross-disciplinary team where senior engineers have meaningful technical ownership,

- **Id**: 4216690
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/echodyne-principal-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Kirkland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T01:13:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T02:57:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6474
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: RF & Wireless Hardware, C4ISR

## Company

- **Id**: 6413
- **Name**: Echodyne
- **Domain**: echodyne.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/echodyne-corp>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.5
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 44
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 149659
- **Max**: 224437
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 224437

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T02:57:22Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T04:33:01Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 224437
- **Is top pay**: yes

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