***Although the location for this position is listed as our Headquarters office in Manassas, VA, this position is eligible to be worked remotely or hybrid with up to 25% travel supporting collaborative work environment, vendor engagement and engineering efforts.***

The Mechanical Engineer (ME) strongly contributes to the success of RapidFlight’s engineering and development efforts by creating world-class mechanical design contributions. The ME role drives systems maturation by advancing mechanical concepts, mechanism designs, structural design, manufacturing processes, component evaluation methodologies, and documentation. 

• Drive mechanical design of specific systems components in response to specific design criteria and program requirements.
• Validate component designs against environmental and stress cases using advanced simulation, proof of concept prototyping, and DOE methodologies.
• Refine geometric tolerances with ownership of tolerance stacks through design, fabrication, and production lifecycles.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of industry best practices in component design, fabrication of varies materials, advanced manufacturing, and design for manufacturability.
• Advance engineering organizational understanding of additive manufacturing design, fabrication, bonding, fastening, and finishing techniques.
• Develop engineering Bill-Of-Material (BOM) with iterative mass, material, cost, and production detail.
• Develop, vet, and maintain strong relationships with strategic components suppliers.
• Contribute estimates for work packages, component cost, and task durations in support of program basis of estimates.
• Assist with project planning as a stakeholder in defining the architecture and estimating the resources required for the execution of major program tasks

Please expect to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) prior to an on-site interview.

*Please no Recruiters or agencies.