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Job Summary 

The Senior Mechanical Engineer has responsibility for mechanical and electromechanical design and systems integration of company products. This individual has a significant impact on product innovation, cost, schedule, and feature set. This individual will retain technical ownership of mechanical designs and is responsible for the system assembly as a whole throughout the design, development, production, and support phases. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Product development activities ranging from conceptual development, prototyping, and design validation to manufacturing and existing product support; individually and collaboratively 

• Collaborates with engineers of various disciplines to develop products with electromechanical and mechanical content 

• Integration of electronics, mechanical and user interfaces, including PCBAs, switches, sensors, buttons, screens, power supplies, wiring, cable management, and system peripherals 

• Develops hand-held user interfaces with levels of tactile and cosmetic quality meeting industry leading consumer products with premium look and feel 

• Develops systems and components made from a variety of fabrication techniques resulting in assemblies ranging in size from small to large for low, mid and high production volumes 

• Develops highly reliable systems as measured by industry standard statistical techniques 

• Develops systems optimized for manufacturability/cost/performance/reliability and component availability 

• Performs root-cause analysis of issues detected during development, engineering testing, qualification, or when deployed products are returned from the field 

• Designs assembly fixtures as well as test fixtures as needed 

• Advanced component and complex assembly design 

• Authors mechanical drawings, technical documents and assembly instructions as needed 

• Collaboratively shares knowledge and ideas with the team and company as a whole 

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in a related field 

• 6+ years of experience working in a similar role 

• Experience designing LRUs to meet FAA certification requirements such as DO-160 

• Advanced user of a 3D CAD (preferably SolidWorks) and PDM 

• Capable of generating specification drawings with dimensions and tolerances per ASME 14.5Y 

• Experience implementing tolerance studies and analyses to document and validate part variation and assembly fits and clearances 

• Experience designing injection molded, sheet metal, die cast, machined, stamped and die cut parts 

• Experience with statistical techniques for part fabrication and manufacturing process output control 

• Experience with electromagnetic regulatory requirements and mitigation of problems found during testing 

• Experience with the implementation of various thermal management techniques 

• Proven track record of owning and driving significant portions of complex engineering projects 

• Proven track record in meeting project goals and objectives 

Benefits

The starting pay range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 per year however, base pay offered may vary depending on the level of the position, skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and location.

In addition to a comprehensive package of health benefits that include company contributions, RAVE Aerospace offers a variety of additional benefits and perks to enhance your work-life balance experience including but not limited to:

• Discretionary bonus program
• Future financial security with a 401(k) program with company match
• Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year-end holiday shutdown
• Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off