# Mechanical Engineering Manager, Design and System Integration

General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies. We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering Manager to join our team in San Diego, CA.With consultative direction, this position exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives for the review, research, design, development, and/or solution(s) for mechanical related programs. Functioning in a leadership role, participates in the planning and oversight of the successful resolution and implementation of mechanical solutions and provides direction and guidance to professional and support staff. Formulates technical plans, typically multi-year, for solution(s) development, documentation, and deployment of the engineering solution (s), as well as responsible for meeting various compliance, reporting, and safety standards. Evaluates and leads the integration of the mechanical solution within the overall engineering environment; and responsible for planning/overseeing documentation, testing,

- **Id**: 3257341
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-atomics-mechanical-engineering-manager-design-and-system-integration>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T14:53:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 47
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3156
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Drones, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1782979
- **Name**: General Atomics
- **Domain**: ga.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ga-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BrassRing

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 109000
- **Max usd**: 220000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1961

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 47

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-26T02:43:42Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-04T14:49:26Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-04T19:53:02Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-05T16:25:46Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-05T21:22:39Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-07T09:13:41Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-07T13:29:16Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-08T14:26:00Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-08T18:22:39Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-08T22:35:52Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-09T02:43:47Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T07:13:15Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-09T17:01:24Z

## Visa

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

## Liveness

- **Score**: 35
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.797
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 47
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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