{"id":759198,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer","title":"Senior Mechanical Engineer","company":{"id":678410,"name":"Heven AeroTech","domain":"hevenaerotech.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/hevenaerotech","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":52,"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bingen, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":88000,"max_usd":167000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":6333},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CATIA","optional":true},{"name":"SolidWorks","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-28T18:16:08Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-28","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T16:28:52Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":97,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":97},"description":"Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer\nCompany: Heven AeroTech\nLocation: Bingen, WA (On-Site)\nFLSA: Exempt\nAbout Our Company:\n At Heven AeroTech (Heven), we don’t just believe in the power of people-we build our success on it. As a recognized leader in hydrogen-powered drones, we’ve earned recognition for creating a workplace where innovation thrives, collaboration is second nature, and every employee feels valued. Our culture is anchored in trust and a shared commitment to excellence.\nWe believe great teams are built on individuals who are humble, hungry, and smart-those who put team success first, take initiative to continuously improve, and demonstrate strong interpersonal awareness. At Heven, your voice matters, your ideas are heard, and your contributions make a tangible impact as you grow through hands-on experience and collaboration across the team.\nRole Summary:\n The Mechanical Engineer is a highly skilled engineer with deep expertise in mechanical engineering and a strong understanding of airframe design, structural analysis, and system integration. Responsibilities include delivering complex engineering solutions in the design, testing, and integration of mechanical systems for unmanned aerial platforms.\nThis role leads subsystem development and contributes to integrating payload capabilities with the refinement of airframe assemblies, tooling, and structural components across prototype and production stages. Delivers high-quality technical work with attention to manufacturability, performance, and readiness. We are seeking engineers who are hungry, humble, and smart individuals who take initiative, continuously seek to improve, collaborate effectively, and apply sound engineering judgment to solve complex problems. This role collaborates cross-functionally to solve challenging problems, supports engineering excellence through mentorship, and may influence project direction through informal technical leadership or interaction with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.\nEssential Responsibilities:\nLead the design, development and integration of new functional payloads and designs while assessing complex airframe structures, subsystems, and tooling across analysis, design, prototype and production stages.\nArchitect workflows, technical drawings, and analyses that ensure manufacturability, performance, and long-term reliability.\nProvide technical direction during design reviews and guide less experienced engineers in best practices.\nDemonstrate intellectual curiosity and initiative by proactively identifying design improvements and new approaches. (Hungry)\nDefine validation strategies, oversee execution of structural and system-level tests, and interpret results to guide design refinements.\nProvide technical leadership in readiness reviews and resolve cross-disciplinary issues.\nApply strong engineering judgment and structured problem-solving to complex technical challenges. (Smart)\nPartner with cross-functional leads in engineering, manufacturing, and programs to drive alignment.\nLead initiatives to improve processes, tools, and documentation that strengthen product quality and efficiency.\nInfluence decision-making through clear, data-driven technical guidance.\nApproach collaboration with respect, openness to feedback, and a team-first mindset. (Humble)\nMentor early-career engineers and technicians, fostering growth and sharing best practices.\nRepresent mechanical engineering in program reviews and contribute to technical direction.\nTake ownership of complex problems and drive them to resolution with accountability and follow-through. (Hungry & Smart)\nModel professionalism, humility, and a commitment to team success over individual recognition. (Humble)\nQualifications & Experience:\nRequired:\nEducation: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree desirable.\nExperience: 5-10 years in mechanical engineering, preferably in UAV, aerospace, defense, or complex hardware environments.\nDeep expertise in mechanical design, structural analysis, and system integration. Proficient in CAD tools (SolidWorks, CATIA, or Creo).\nDemonstrated ability to lead complex subsystem development and solve advanced technical challenges with sound judgment. (Smart)\nUnderstands how design decisions impact full system performance, manufacturability, and lifecycle reliability.\nWorks effectively across disciplines, values diverse perspectives, and builds strong working relationships. (Humble)\nDemonstrates a strong work ethic, takes ownership of outcomes, and continuously seeks opportunities to improve products and processes. (Hungry)\nInvests in developing others, shares knowledge openly, and elevates team performance. (Humble)\nCommunicates clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nPreferred:\n8+ years of aerospace or UAV mechanical engineering experience\nHands-on experience building, prototyping, and testing complex systems\nAdvanced CAD/CAE and structural analysis expertise\nExperience leading subsystem design and production transition\nExperience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership\nFamiliarity with certification, regulatory, or defense standards\nCustomer or supplier-facing technical experience\nPhysical Requirements:\nAbility to work in office, lab, manufacturing, and test environments.\nAbility to stand, walk, and support hands-on build and integration activities.\nAbility to lift and carry up to 25-40 lbs as needed.\nAbility to perform extended computer-based work (CAD, analysis, documentation).\nAbility to travel occasionally for testing, supplier visits, or program support.\nBenefits Overview: \n Heven AeroTech offers a competitive benefits package designed to support the health, financial security, and overall well-being of our employees and their families. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, paid time off/sick, and additional protections such as critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident coverage, and short- and long-term disability.\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement: \n Heven AeroTech is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6378,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Drones & UAVs","Hydrogen Energy"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T17:59:22Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":22,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.607,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":96,"expected_fill_days":52,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T20:43:20Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29000,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":678410},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=678410"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhevenaerotech-senior-mechanical-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":759198}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"hevenaerotech.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":759198},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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