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Fuel Hydraulics System Engineer

Advantage Technical
Sterling, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 2/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2026
Job Title: Fuel Hydraulics System Engineer
Job Location: Sterling Heights, MI
Hourly Rate: Up to $53hr depending on experience
Work Schedule: 9/80 work week - Off every other Friday!

Job Summary:
  • Come join our team! We currently have an exciting possible Temp-to-Perm opportunity in Sterling Heights, MI for a Fuel Hydraulics System Engineer with 5-7 years of experience to design and release mechanical and fluid components and subsystems for military ground vehicles and experience supporting prototype and/or production build activities.
Job Description:
  • This Auxiliary Systems Mechanical Engineering role will design and release mechanical and fluid components and subsystems for military ground vehicles.
  • This role will focus on Hydraulics and Fuel.
  • This includes the application of engineering principles to generate designs to solve complex problems and provide support for the build, test, and production of the designs.
  • The system level areas of focus may include hydraulic actuation and pneumatics, automatic fire suppression, fuel, camera cleaning, LRU cooling distribution, winch, and fairlead.
  • Other possible assignments for general mechanical may include shock/vibration isolation and mounting of devices, stowage equipment integration, seating and crew accommodations, battery enclosures, and driver controls.
Responsibilities to Anticipate for this role:
  • Mechanical & Auxiliary design engineering of fluid and distributed systems including fuel, automatic fire suppression, camera cleaning, LRU cooling, and hydraulic and pneumatics to meet customer requirements and specifications.
  • Develops and integrates components into vehicle platforms to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental, ballistic and mine blast requirements.
  • Conducts design, integration and analysis of mechanical components, mechanisms, and shock attenuation systems for mounting devices.
  • Applies the mechanics of materials, material selection, welding, and fabrication principles for mechanical components and complex welded brackets, mounting provisions.
  • Supports various projects by performing analysis & design, drawing/model mark-ups, tolerance stacks along with generating source data for engineering changes.
  • Responsible for writing material requests and shop work requests, track delivery and stock of parts, participate in integration reviews, fit checks, and author reports.
  • Provides support to prototype, production, and sustainment vehicle efforts and follow-up, technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and redesign activities.
  • Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management in a clear, concise manner and in the context of risk management.
  • Direct and oversee CAD model and drawing development.
  • Conduct failure analysis, produce required corrective action, and troubleshoot and redesign activities when necessary.
  • Will work on customer needs for the vehicle, formulate the subsystem and component requirements, and meet contract expectations.
  • May occasionally be responsible for technical presentations to other engineering groups, the customer and/or leadership.
  • May work with different engineering functions of the organization on various programs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Required:
  • 5 to 7 years in a related role is desired.
  • Demonstrated understanding of mechanical engineering principles.
  • Experience supporting prototype and/or production build activities.
  • Demonstrated experience developing fluid system functional architecture, schematics, and analytical models and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with root cause and corrective activities.
  • Ability to travel up to 20% to other facilities and military installations if needed.
  • Ability to work occasional weekends, evenings and overtime is required.
  • Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills are required.
  • Must be able to work independently on component and system designs but also be able to work well in a collaborative environment for vehicle integration.
  • This position may require the candidate to be able to climb on/off, work in, and work around military vehicles. (Must be shorter than 6' 4" and weigh less than 260lbs).
Preferred:
  • Focus on Fluid or Distributed Systems.
  • Solid modeling experience with NX and/or Creo desired.
  • Experience with Teamcenter and Vis Mockup a plus.
  • Previous experience working on ground combat Vehicles is a plus.
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering. Electrical Engineering with experience and desire to work Mechanical systems.
Note:
  • Must be U.S. Citizen - "Must be able to meet ITAR requirements, including US citizenship to be considered for this role.
  • This position may require eligibility to obtain a US clearance.

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