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Mechanical Design Engineering Supervisor

North Wind 🇺🇸 Newport News, Virginia, United States of America

$90,000 - $140,000 Full-time

Supervise mechanical, instrumentation, and fluid system design engineers while leading conceptual and detailed design of components and assemblies for ground test articles, flight vehicles, test cells, and facilities. Manage project requirements, risks, budgets, schedules, and team performance; review design outputs, support customer reviews and onsite testing, and improve engineering processes.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise mechanical, instrumentation, and fluid system design engineers while leading conceptual and detailed design of components and assemblies for ground test articles, flight vehicles, test cells, and facilities. Manage project requirements, risks, budgets, schedules, and team performance; review design outputs, support customer reviews and onsite testing, and improve engineering processes.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and 10 or more years of related experience are preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Candidates should have expert CAD, configuration management, mechanical and fluid system design, GD&T, and BOM skills, along with leadership abilities; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain or maintain a DoD security clearance.

Key Skills

Mechanical Design Instrumentation Design Fluid System Design CAD GD&T BOM Management Configuration Management Project Management Risk Management Budget Management Schedule Management Leadership Team Supervision Customer Review Support On‑site Testing Coordination Process Improvement DoD Security Clearance

About North Wind

Leveraging decades of specialized experience, North Wind delivers highly complex hypersonic and mission-critical RDT&E capabilities through five complementary business segments: - Applied R&D - Test Articles and Critical System Components - Test Facility Design & Build - Test Services - Flight Testing & Flight Systems Offerings span the full life cycle of aerospace & defense and commercial systems including full end-to-end turnkey solutions.

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