Hardware Engineering - Sr. Mechanical Engineer - P4

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is part of the engineering team that develops marine navigation and bridge systems for OSI’s government and naval markets that offer market leading performance and reliability, minimize production costs and are maintainable over an extended lifecycle. The Senior Mechanical Engineer 4 leads and executed the mechanical design.

What You'll Do

Leads detailed studies, experiments, research and tests in contributing to the design and development of navigation and bridge system products to established codes, standards, drawings, specifications and customer requirements, for both commercial and military customers

Leads the mechanical design effort based on COTS, military grade products and customized solutions which includes the approval of parts and components

Writes and maintains Company’s mechanical engineering standards and best practices

Trains and mentors Mechanical Engineers on Company’s mechanical standards and best practices

Approves elements of the Company’s parts database

Interprets, analyzes, and approves hardware requirements, hardware design documents, and ensures the proposed solution meets the stated requirements

Prepares and approves written plans, calculations, designs, specifications and material lists

Leads and reviews technical tasks requiring accuracy of calculations, completeness of data and adherence to prescribed methods

Provides design information and guidance to support personnel and, occasionally to suppliers, in preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication.

Ensures that designs meet system, customer and budgetary requirements and are compliant with industry and government standards

Clearly communicates technical and design documentation to other departments

Through the application of Engineering expertise and analysis, ensure mechanical designs are optimized for manufacturability, weight and cost. Work closely with Production to understand, develop, and refine assembly drawings and instructions.

Conducts and provides technical support during qualification testing. Perform engineering tests such as thermal cycling, vibration and shock testing, in the environmental test lab for both qualification and design verification testing.  Design mechanical tests and test fixtures.  Document and analyze results.  Write formal test reports.

Initiates and approves engineering change request (ECRs)

Follows and promotes workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines.

Accountable to ensure that the mechanical design is adequate to meet project requirements

Authority to approve project designs and documents

Applies judgment and makes decisions to solve routine and complex issues

What you'll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering/Applied Science or equivalent and 12+ years of direct engineering design/analysis experience, including a minimum of 8 years in the naval/subsea/marine industry. Master of Engineering/Applied Science and Professional Engineer/ Chartered Engineer designation is desirable

Must obtain and maintain NATO secret security clearance

In-depth knowledge of product certification testing to civilian and military standards

Proven mechanical aptitude and ability to analyze and solve hardware problems

Familiarity with MS Office Suite and SharePoint

Working knowledge of peripheral equipment, test, diagnostic and measuring equipment

Ability to thrive as a leader and member of a Project team

Organized, able to handle multiple projects and prioritize workload

Experience implementing shipbuilding codes and standards for example: Lloyds Rules

Ability to lead design in a strategic manner taking into consideration reliability, ease of manufacture, and cost

Experience with the following is desirable:

Design for vibration and shock for shipboard environments (ie MIL-S-901D/MIL-DTL-901E, MIL-STD-167).

Design for assembly and manufacturing.

Failure mode avoidance, such as DFMEA and design for Six Sigma.

Design for cooling of electronics.

Design for harsh climatic environments and corrosive environments

Design of plastic, cast, sheet metal, machined and welded parts

Design for Human Factors, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Ingress Protection (IP)

Finite element analysis, thermal, structural and dynamic

Computational fluid dynamics for thermal analysis

Familiarity with SolidWorks, AutoCAD and FEA (ANSYS Workbench highly preferred)

Familiarity with naval platform environment

Marine design codes such as DNV and ABS

Structural design codes for aluminum design (Aluminum Design Manual) and steel design (AISC 360-10 or similar).