Top Mechanical Engineering Jobs

Designs mechanical engineering systems for built-environment and education projects. Responsibilities include preparing plans, specifications, calculations, reports, cost estimates, and technical documentation; reviewing vendor submittals; conducting field observations and measurements; ensuring quality and compliance; meeting project deadlines; and collaborating with colleagues and clients. The role also involves leveraging AI and automation, building customer relationships, and pursuing ongoing professional development toward PE registration.

Designs mechanical engineering systems for built-environment projects, preparing plans, calculations, specifications, technical reports, cost estimates, and project deliverables. Reviews vendor submittals, conducts field observations and measurements, supports quality assurance, meets deadlines, and collaborates with clients and colleagues. The role also emphasizes sustainable building design, continuous learning, and leveraging AI and automation in engineering workflows.

Designs and develops mechanical layouts, schematics, tooling, fixtures, and specifications for semiconductor equipment. Troubleshoots complex mechanical problems, performs engineering analyses, coordinates testing, oversees manufacturing and installation, develops suppliers, and supports procurement and assembly of mechanical components. The role also establishes operational standards, resolves product issues, and communicates technical information across project teams.

Install, relocate, de-install, upgrade, assemble, troubleshoot, and qualify advanced EUV lithography equipment at customer cleanroom sites. Diagnose mechanical, electrical, and system-level issues, verify performance and safety compliance, complete technical documentation, collaborate with customers and engineering teams, and support continuous improvement. The role requires extensive travel, on-site work, flexible schedules, physical cleanroom duties, and occasional guidance of less experienced team members.

Leads mechanical design and product development for autonomous surface, underwater, and remotely operated vehicles. Responsibilities include component and system design, analysis, drawings, BOMs, requirements integration, prototyping, testing, manufacturing support, supplier and field issue resolution, quality compliance, effort estimation, and mentoring. The role is onsite, requires collaboration across engineering disciplines, up to 25% travel, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for a DoD Secret clearance.

Leads the design and development of complex optical, mechanical, and opto-mechanical components and assemblies for airborne and space platforms. Creates CAD models, drawings, procedures, tooling designs, and bills of materials; supports prototyping, manufacturing, testing, troubleshooting, and alignment. Provides technical guidance to program management and business development, resolves fabrication issues, evaluates manufacturability, conducts root-cause analysis, and improves designs and processes while meeting technical, cost, and configuration-control requirements.

Designs and develops mechanical systems for robotic painting products, including linkages, drives, castings, weldments, and machined components. Creates and releases CAD designs, drawings, tolerances, and bills of materials; performs engineering analysis, validation testing, troubleshooting, and product documentation. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and assembly technicians to resolve issues and support project schedules. Some business travel is required.

Designs, models, and analyzes mechanical systems, assemblies, mechanisms, structural frames, conveyors, tooling, guarding, and automation equipment. Creates 3D models, drawings, and bills of material; performs troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, tolerance analysis, component sizing, and material selection. Supports fabrication, assembly, testing, field integration, and commissioning while ensuring safety and code compliance. Provides technical guidance and manages small to mid-sized mechanical work packages.

Leads mechanical design and lifecycle ownership for wind turbine yaw subsystem components, including hydraulic and passive mechanical braking systems, yaw bearings, and yaw drives. Responsibilities include concept and detailed design, analysis, testing, validation, supplier qualification, manufacturing support, field issue resolution, root cause analysis, reliability improvement, cost reduction, and technical documentation. The role collaborates with quality, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and field teams while introducing improved technologies, materials, and design methods.

Designs and owns mechanical components for utility-scale wind turbine yaw systems, including hydraulic pressure units, yaw bearings, drives, and brakes. Responsibilities span concept development, detailed design, analysis, testing, validation, supplier qualification, manufacturing support, field issue resolution, root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, cost reduction, and technical documentation. The role collaborates globally with quality, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and field teams while advancing materials, technologies, and design methods.

Design and own mechanical yaw subsystem components for utility-scale wind turbines, especially hydraulic power units and braking systems. Responsibilities span conceptual and detailed design, analysis, testing, validation, supplier qualification, manufacturing support, field issue resolution, root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, cost reduction, and technical documentation. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with quality, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and field teams, plus travel up to 10%.

Provides senior technical leadership for aerospace electromechanical actuation systems, guiding architecture, design, verification, production improvements, and product strategy. Leads multidisciplinary engineering execution across cost, schedule, and technical performance; engages customers and program leadership; supports business capture and roadmap development; mentors engineers; and drives system upgrades, risk management, and technical reporting. Travel up to 20% is required.

Design and manage custom mechanical projects from concept through installation. Responsibilities include converting SketchUp and AutoCAD concepts into SolidWorks manufacturing blueprints, calculating loads, creating 3D models, shop drawings, bills of materials, and CNC files, planning production, sourcing materials, coordinating vendors and design teams, designing fabrication jigs, and troubleshooting installation issues. The role requires managing multiple projects while supporting fabrication, maintaining quality, and meeting deadlines.

Designs and analyzes complex mechanical systems, tooling, fixtures, layouts, and assemblies for semiconductor equipment. Troubleshoots mechanical issues, conducts engineering testing, prepares specifications and documentation, supports manufacturing processes, develops suppliers, and leads technical projects. Requires expertise in CAD, thermodynamics, sheet metal design, materials, manufacturing methods, GD&T, flow analysis, and design-for-excellence principles.

Designs mechanical ground support equipment for spacecraft integration, testing, and launch. Responsibilities include 3D CAD modeling, requirements definition, structural analysis, GD&T drafting, design reviews, fabrication and vendor support, proof load documentation, nonconformance resolution, and integration test process development. The role supports clean-room operations and requires collaboration across program functions, independent engineering judgment, and leadership in meeting quality and schedule objectives.

Design and develop spacecraft structures, payloads, and antenna mechanical hardware from requirements through integration and testing. Create CAD designs and manufacturing documentation, collaborate with customers, suppliers, and engineering teams, develop structural test plans, and support component and spacecraft testing. The role requires knowledge of GD&T, design for manufacturing, 3D printing, and metallic and composite materials. This is a fully onsite position in Dulles, Virginia, with less than 10% travel.

Mechanical Engineering intern supporting building engineering projects through drawings, specifications, reports, field documentation, design calculations, analysis, and project organization. The intern will collaborate with engineers and designers across feasibility studies, design, and construction administration while gaining hands-on experience under professional guidance.

Supports and improves installed material-handling systems through upgrades, retrofits, troubleshooting, and performance enhancements. Develops 2D and 3D mechanical designs, layouts, specifications, and as-built documentation. Coordinates fabrication, procurement, installation, field service, and customer support activities. Evaluates system performance, reliability, maintainability, cost, and manufacturing feasibility. Leads smaller service engineering projects, supports commissioning, conducts root cause analysis, and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives.

Designs and owns precision opto-mechanical subsystems for scalable neutral-atom quantum computing hardware. Responsibilities include mechanical design, optical integration, tolerance and error budgeting, FEA, stability and vibration analysis, laboratory validation, design-for-manufacturing, root-cause investigations, and transition from research prototypes to scalable production hardware. The role collaborates with physicists and cross-functional engineers while providing technical leadership and mentorship.

Owns customer-specific robotic system deployments from requirements and concept through shipment and installation support. Responsibilities include mechanical system layouts and designs in Onshape, assemblies, drawings, BOMs, documentation, procurement, vendor coordination, production readiness, and cross-functional interface management. The role also improves engineering scalability through reusable components, templates, standards, and processes.

Develops battery and charger products from concept through production for rugged applications. Responsibilities include mechanical design, FEA, testing, root-cause analysis, BMS support, requirements analysis, technical documentation, customer reviews, and managing multiple defense programs.

Leads mechanical product development for bioprocessing equipment from concept through commercial release. Designs components, assemblies, and systems; creates CAD models and engineering documentation; manages BOMs and engineering changes; maintains design traceability and risk documentation; leads reviews and technical workstreams; mentors engineers; performs prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and supplier collaboration.

Designs, develops, documents, and maintains fiber optic components and devices. Creates technical drawings, bills of materials, tooling, prototypes, test fixtures, and assembly fixtures. Supports manufacturing, engineering change management, customer inquiries, product lifecycle activities, and ISO documentation. Requires strong mechanical or electrical engineering expertise, 3D modeling experience, technical drawing interpretation, precision measurement skills, and the ability to solve technical problems independently.

Design and improve pyrolysis and biomass-processing equipment, including mechanical systems, piping, vessels, actuators, sensors, pumps, and blowers. Perform thermal and flow analysis, create and release fabrication drawings, troubleshoot production equipment, and lead testing and commissioning. Collaborate with electrical, automation, manufacturing, fabrication, and operations teams while providing hands-on production support and root-cause analysis.

Provides mechanical engineering support for HVAC, plumbing, and related building systems on USACE construction projects. Reviews mechanical submittals, coordinates commissioning activities, performs quality assurance of mechanical installations, and supports technical reviews of project modifications. Requires a mechanical engineering degree, at least five years of experience, knowledge of HVAC and mechanical standards, and completion of required construction quality, safety, and ethics training.