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Job Title: Lead, Mechanical Engineer 
Job ID: 22815
Job Location: Jupiter, FL 
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Lead, Mechanical Engineer has demonstrated in-depth knowledge of technical design methods and processes within the design discipline in support of the RL10 Development and Production programs. Duties include the development of component designs, analysis in support of NCR disposition and a demonstrated ability to complete complex technical assignments. The designer will work within an Integrated Product Teams to meet program affordability goals..

Essential Functions:

• Must be able to create or modify designs of liquid rocket propulsion hardware 
• Responsible for designing, developing and testing products including providing project time and cost estimate, product manufacturing and evaluation product for quality safety and cost.
• Applies research to the planning design, development and testing of rocket chambers, nozzles, gas generators, igniters, injectors, valves, actuators and other associated rocket engine hardware. 
• Applies theories of heat and energy transfer to create practical solutions to technical problems 
• Responsible for damage tolerance, durability, design modeling, coordination with analysis disciplines. 
• Majority of work will be to develop and maintain component and assembly layouts, designs/CAD models, and drawings using Creo2 graphics system for liquid engine hardware. 
• Activities: conceptual design creation, design layouts, GD&T application, tolerance analysis, systems design and integration, fabrication process identification, synthesis of higher-level requirements to component level requirements. 
• Conduct trade studies and develop schedules, test plans, component specifications and procedures.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• CAD tools (NX and CREO)
• Structural Analysis (Ansys)
• PLM (Windchill)
• Experience in Aerospace Industry, preferred Propulsion Systems.

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