# Principal Mechanical Engineer

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms. Position Overview Saronic is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across the mechanical engineering organization. This role reports to the Director of Mechanical Engineering and will work across four core areas: Perception Hardware, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Integration, and Structures. This engineer will be accountable for helping teams solve high-priority mechanical engineering problems, make sound technical decisions, and deliver reliable hardware for autonomous surface vessels operating in harsh maritime environments. The ideal candidate has broad mechanical depth, strong first-principles judgment, and the ability to move quickly between design, analysis, integration, test, and production support. Responsibilities Lead resolution of complex mechanical engineering issues across perception hardware, marine systems, vehicle integration, and structures. Provide technical direction during design reviews, program reviews, trade studies, root

- **Id**: 197318
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/saronic-technologies-principal-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-28T20:40:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:55:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 163
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5536
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans, Stock options, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Naval Systems, Defense Manufacturing, Military & Tactical Robotics, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 48216
- **Name**: Saronic Technologies
- **Domain**: saronic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/saronic-technologies>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 80
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.675
- **Repost share**: 0.013
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 63
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 143000
- **Max usd**: 290000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1961

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **Femap** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Siemens NX** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 163

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-03T15:32:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 12
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.419
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 163
- **Expected fill days**: 63
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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