What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Design Engineer position at KODA Technologies Inc.?
Mechanical Design Engineer
KODA is a people-first company and a three-time Fortune Best Workplace®, Great Place to Work® certified, a Best Place for Working Parents®, and a seven-time Huntsville Best Places to Work® winner.
We're a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoD space, and civil space. At KODA, you'll find:
- Competitive pay & great benefits
- Career growth & professional development
- A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork
The name KODA, meaning "allies," reflects our commitment to our people, our customers, and our community. Join us and build a career that matters!
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong technical expertise and a commitment to engineering excellence. The ideal candidate delivers high-quality, rigorous designs, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is passionate about developing innovative solutions that support humanity's expansion into space.
Responsibilities:
- Design, analyze, build, and test components and systems.
- Own the mechanical definition, including 3D models, detailed drawings, design updates, and resolution of design discrepancies.
- Coordinate fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning of new or modified systems
- Create and manage fabrication and installation drawings in ProE/Creo with Windchill, applying industry standards for design, drafting, and configuration control.
- Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) to ensure designs are producible, maintainable, and scalable from prototype through higher-rate builds.
- Guide hardware through the full product life cycle, from requirements and preliminary design through detailed design, build, test, verification, integration, and flight.
- Collaborate across disciplines and clearly communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a highly collaborative, inclusive environment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 3 years of experience designing components and assemblies
- Advance proficiency in CAD (Creo preferred) to create models, assemblies, and engineering drawings.
- Demonstrated knowledge of GD&T standards (ASME Y14.5) and the practical application of tolerance analysis in mechanical design.
- Proven ability to provide high-quality mechanical design engineering solutions in a rapidly iterating research and development environment.
- Hands-on expertise in integration, assembly, testing, and troubleshooting of rotating machinery-seeing designs through from concept to deployment.
- Strong foundation in mechanical engineering-expert in materials, heat treatments, statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials for mission-critical aerospace applications.
- Experience using PLM software (Windchill preferred) to facilitate aerospace industry standard configuration control of engineering design.
Desired Qualifications:
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience interfacing directly with suppliers to solve manufacturing challenges innate to cutting edge design.
Location: 100% Remote
KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact info@kodatech.com to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.