# Lead Mechanical Engineer

This lead engineer works primarily with the mechanical design aspects of consumables and reagents team, representing Systems Development in reagent design - generally under the leadership of a principal engineer or functional manager. This engineer uses experience and education to perform the types of engineering activities which are generally considered within the realm of mechanical engineering and any other expertise that might be held by this particular individual. This engineer is expected to work and communicate well with other team members and leadership as assigned in order to meet the goals of the project, the department, and the company. Primary Duties Local Position Duties Lead R&D Activities for New Product Introduction (NPI) for the VITEK Reveal panel and sensor, supporting the full lifecycle from concept through design transfer to manufacturing. Own the mechanical design and development of panel and sensor process assemblies, including any plastic treatment features. Design, model, create drawings, and release mechanical components using CAD/PDM tools (SolidWorks) including application of GD&T (in accordance with ASME Y14.5) and tolerance analysis to ensure robust per

- **Id**: 3853852
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-lead-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hazelwood, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T08:09:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5011
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no
- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: yes
- **GMP** — Optional: yes
- **JMP** — Optional: yes
- **Minitab** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T05:02:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 38
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.379
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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