Mechanical Engineer

Opportunity:

Booz Allen Hamilton is offering this role to an innovative Mechanical Engineer with experience in the aerospace and defense industry. In this position, you will apply advanced engineering skills, extensive technical expertise, and full industry knowledge to identify solutions for flight platforms, oversee the design of flight hardware, and interface with vendors and stakeholders to ensure mechanical requirements are met. This line of effort will involve collaboration with systems and electrical engineers to complete design and technical analysis of ruggedized solutions. You will work without considerable direction, and you will mentor and supervise team members.

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You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in hardware design, analysis, and prototyping, including design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA)

• Experience with 3D modeling in Solid Works

• Experience leading a functional task team and collaborating with an integrated product team and partnering engineering teams, including technical and non-technical teammates

• Experience with multiple manufacturing technologies and approaches, including traditional subtractive manufacturing techniques and additive techniques

• Experience with product design for manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability

• Experience with product ruggedization for extreme environments

• Knowledge of engineering and physics principles as they apply to hardware design and product development, including material science, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, mechanics of materials, basic physics, statics, kinematics, and thermodynamics

• Knowledge of thermal mitigation techniques and analysis methods for packaged electronics

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering and 5+ years of experience with design for manufacturability (DFM), fabrication, assembly, and integration of electromechanical prototype hardware, or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering and 3+ years of experience with DFM, fabrication, assembly, and integration of electromechanical prototype hardware

Nice If You Have:

• Experience developing Technical Data Packages (TDP) for flight hardware

• Experience analyzing and translating system requirements into design

• Experience with airworthiness requirements and testing

• Experience with MIL-STD-810 testing, including shock, vibration, and temperature

• Experience with lab-based developmental testing and test data acquisition

• Experience leading mechanical design reviews, such as PDR, CDR, IRR, or TRR

• Experience with ANSYS Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

• Knowledge of Size, Weight, Power and Cooling (SWaP-C) requirements and design

• TS/SCI clearance

• 3D Modeling, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), FEA, or CAD Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.