Top Design Engineer Jobs

Designs, prototypes, and improves mechanical aircraft systems including structures, payload bays, mounts, fixtures, and landing gear. Owns CAD, drawings, BOMs, packaging, manufacturing documentation, and rapid fabrication. Builds and tests hardware using 3D printing, composites, foam, and carbon fiber, while supporting aircraft assembly, inspections, repairs, and flight testing. Collaborates with avionics and controls engineers to improve aircraft usability, serviceability, repeatability, and customer-focused performance.

Serve as embedded safety engineering SME for new buildings, capital projects, equipment deployments, and modifications across the fulfillment network. Perform equipment build reviews, technical risk assessments, safety design reviews using ISO 12100/ANSI B11 and hierarchy-of-controls, maintain hazard logs, define FAT/SAT acceptance criteria, coordinate certification with vendors/NRTLs, and support incident investigations, policies, standards, and training.

Lead a team designing and productionizing PMAD power electronics and multilayer PCBs for TeraWave satellites. Own board architecture, power and signal integrity, high-voltage design, DFM/DFT, cost and mass optimization, verification, qualification, debugging, and production release. Collaborate with mechanical, harness, supply chain, fabricators, and contract manufacturers to deliver scalable, reliable electronics. Maintain fabrication and assembly documentation and support integration and flight acceptance activities.

Creates Cisco Commerce quotes for federal pricing exercises and develops collaboration solutions based on customer and site requirements. Provides Cisco application expertise, systems design, integration, documentation, implementation, and technical support. Requires experience with Cisco voice networks, routers, switches, CUCM, Unity Connection, collaboration applications, and security requirements for specialized information transfers. The role is customer-facing, remote from an office requirement, and requires Top Secret clearance.

Serves as technical authority and team leader for space-based interceptor tooling and mechanical ground support equipment. Responsibilities include requirements, CAD design, fabrication, qualification, vendor management, safety and regulatory compliance, configuration control, root-cause investigations, budgets, schedules, and production support. Leads tooling engineers, chairs design reviews, and presents to program leadership, MDA offices, and government stakeholders. Designs fixtures, lifting devices, launch equipment, transportation containers, weldments, and integration tooling while ensuring compliance with defense and aerospace standards.

Design end-to-end datacenter network architectures for AI training and inference: topology, IP/routing, RDMA/lossless fabrics, physical integration (rack, power, cabling), and comprehensive HLD/LLD documentation. Collaborate with hardware, operations, cabling, software, and validation teams to produce deployable, scalable, and performance-validated designs.

Design, build, activate, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain structural and fluid systems for rocket engine and vehicle testing. Own projects from concept through procurement, construction, testing, and iteration while collaborating with technicians and test operations teams. Develop solutions for high-pressure and cryogenic systems, structural components, instrumentation, and complex field projects. The role requires hands-on fabrication support, design verification, rapid problem-solving, and flexibility to work extended hours in demanding outdoor and industrial environments.

Design, analyze, and deliver industrial power transmission products. Develop new solutions, produce engineering designs and bills of materials, support manufacturing and customers, collaborate cross-functionally, ensure compliance with standards, and communicate technical status, risks, and outcomes.

Leads cross-functional mechanical design and development programs for aerospace fluid-system products. Generates and reviews designs, ensures safety, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability, and drives continuous improvement and VAVE initiatives. Troubleshoots technical issues with customers and suppliers, evaluates materials and manufacturing processes, leads technical projects, and mentors engineers. Responsibilities include managing qualification activities, technical direction, project execution, and compliance with customer requirements and global drawing, tolerancing, and GD&T standards.

Designs, analyzes, integrates, tests, and troubleshoots electrical hardware and RF/microwave circuits for advanced military systems. Responsibilities include schematic development, circuit simulation, component selection, PWB design support, board bring-up, laboratory testing, RF measurements, documentation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Design and integrate Power Conversion System hardware, including pressure boundaries, piping, supports, rotating machinery interfaces, high-temperature components, and modular plant layouts. Own pressure budgets, thermal growth, leak-tightness, maintainability, and mechanical interfaces. Develop production-intent models and drawings, support fabrication, assembly, test rig design, instrumentation, commissioning, and troubleshooting, and use test data to improve component performance and life.

Design and integrate Power Conversion System hardware for advanced nuclear microreactors, including pressure boundaries, piping, supports, rotating machinery interfaces, thermal-growth accommodations, and high-temperature components. Own mechanical arrangement and pressure budgets, produce fabrication-ready designs, support testing and instrumentation, and use test data to improve performance and component life. Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, safety, and nuclear teams while supporting manufacturing, assembly, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

Designs and supports semiconductor timing solutions using static timing analysis, physical design principles, timing constraints, signal integrity, clock networks, and timing models. Debugs timing-tool errors, generates reports, analyzes setup and hold timing, and works with large datasets. Collaborates independently with geographically distributed engineering teams, manages multiple assignments, communicates findings clearly, and may supervise others. Requires extensive electrical or computer engineering experience and TCL programming.

Own the mechanical design and lifecycle development of spacecraft electric propulsion hardware, including propulsion modules, thruster components, propellant systems, avionics boxes, structures, and tanks. Create models, drawings, and interface documents; conduct analysis; develop and execute tests; iterate prototypes; qualify flight hardware; manage suppliers; and support production, integration, and in-space demonstrations.

Designs, verifies, integrates, and documents complex FPGA modules using custom RTL and vendor IP. Responsibilities include architecture, interface definition, synthesis, implementation, timing and power analysis, simulation, emulation, hardware testing, validation strategy, requirements traceability, system integration, and technical documentation. The role collaborates with electrical, systems, software, PCB, and supplier teams throughout the product lifecycle and may support mentoring and cross-functional technical leadership.

Design, develop, and test EMI/EMC and RF aspects of navigation products. Oversee lab activities, coordinate EMI/EMC design efforts, mentor hardware teams on best practices, and coordinate EMI/EMC testing with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work environment.

Responsible for designing and developing tools and factory automation equipment to support manufacturing, collaborating with various teams for efficient production of rockets.

The role involves designing and developing tools and automation solutions for manufacturing rockets, collaborating with various teams to ensure successful project completion and integration.

The role involves designing and developing tooling and factory automation solutions for the manufacturing of rockets, with a focus on innovation and collaboration across engineering teams.

Lead development and execution of IP- and system-level verification plans using UVM/SystemVerilog and emulation platforms. Build and maintain testbenches, run constrained-random and directed tests, debug via simulation and emulation tools, develop SVA, drive coverage closure, support early software bring-up, and improve verification flows and infrastructure.

Design and optimize complex satellite PCB and PCBA layouts for RF, microwave, power, digital, analog, and mixed-signal systems. Manage Altium libraries, fabrication and assembly documentation, configuration control, material and process selection, and vendor coordination. Ensure high-quality, high-reliability production meeting IPC standards, review subcontractor layouts, and support DFM, DFT, and design rule checks. The role is hybrid in San Francisco and involves export-controlled information.

Support design and programming of extrusion tooling, create and convert CAD drawings, program wire EDM with Mastercam, assist prototype-to-production transitions, troubleshoot and optimize tooling, maintain ISO-compliant documentation, and collaborate with Machine Shop and Production to improve process efficiency and product quality.

Design agricultural implements from concept through production, including CAD modeling, prototyping, FEA analysis, testing, DFMA, and creating detailed drawings and BOMs. Support manufacturing, present designs to management, recommend production improvements, and follow safety regulations. Travel out of state for development/testing as needed.

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of complex proprietary manufacturing equipment from concept through implementation. Create 3D models, perform FEA/modal analysis, produce fabrication drawings and specs, lead risk assessments, oversee manufacturing and quality control, support testing and commissioning, and prepare O&M documentation and training. Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, and monitor post-implementation performance. Role includes vendor/project management, cost analysis, and up to 10% travel.

Lead design engineer specializing in fabricated steel components: develop 3D CAD models, optimize manufacturability and costs, create should-cost tools, collaborate with suppliers, purchasing, and manufacturing, and provide technical guidance to the design team to ensure structurally sound, cost-efficient designs.