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Job Description:

MITRE's Mechanical & Reliability Systems and Prototype Development Department is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to perform mechanical and environmental analyses for ground, airborne and shipboard systems.

The successful candidate will:

• Work with cross-functional technical teams comprised of both in-house and sponsor personnel in the development and evaluation of command and control systems.

• Perform dynamics, structural, and thermofluids analyses at the component, individual item, and system level.

• Be responsible for deliverables or parts of deliverables to sponsors.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 5 years’ experience

• Experience using CAD software and generating and interpreting mechanical drawings

• Experience conducting engineering analyses in the areas of structures, dynamics, and thermofluids, including the application of Finite Element Analysis techniques

• Ability to scope and perform mechanical engineering tasks autonomously

• Ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance

• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. and/or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

• Experience working collaboratively in a team environmental and demonstrated excellence and effectiveness of written and verbal communication skills

• Experience with SolidWorks CAD tools

• Experience with ANSYS (e.g. Workbench, APDL, Mechanical, LS-Dyna, CFX, Fluent, Icepak)

• High-level computational skills in large scale simulations, data analysis, and programming

• Demonstrated ability to lead independent research tasks. Experience proposing and conducting technical research projects.

  This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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