Sr. Mechanical Engineer

The role

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will own major mechanical subsystems on Archimedes. This includes ruggedization of a fiber laser system, thermal management, and precision packaging.

What you will do

• Mechanical design of major subsystems including laser source and head enclosures, gimbal and beam director structure, and mounts
• Ensuring survivability to MIL-STD shock, vibration, humidity, dust and austere environments
• Thermal management for high-power laser and electronics packaging
• Precision and optomechanical packaging that holds alignment through shock and thermal cycles
• FEA and correlation to test
• Building and running test rigs, instrumentation and bench validation
• DFM and handoff to manufacturing in Detroit
• Design reviews and raising the bar for the junior ME team

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in mechanical engineering on ruggedized, field-deployable or high-performance systems
• At least one subsystem you took from prototype to production
• Strong FEA (ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus or equivalent) and the bench work to back it up
• Hands-on design to MIL-STD-810 or equivalent shock and vibration standards
• Thermal design for high-power systems
• Evidence you learn fast
• BS or MS in Mechanical, Aerospace or related field

Nice to have

• Laser, directed energy or high-power hardware
• Optical bench or precision instrument ruggedization
• MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC awareness for mechanical integration
• Vehicle-mounted systems
• Manufacturing ramp experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• United Health Care medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible 18 days PTO plus 5 sick days
• Travel to field test events and range days
• Covered daily lunches and office snacks and drinks
• E-bike and scooter stipend up to $500
• Direct access to leadership and real ownership over your work

Before you apply

• Requires access to export-controlled information or items that require U.S. Person status

About the company

Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. They build laser weapons to shoot down drones.