Staff Mechanical Engineer

The role

You will serve as the senior mechanical technical owner for plasma-enabled antenna and advanced communications hardware. You will shape mechanical architecture, lead design trades, and drive hardware from early concepts through qualification-ready designs.

What you will do

• Own the mechanical architecture for advanced antenna, plasma-device, electronics, and communications-system hardware.
• Lead mechanical design reviews and establish analysis and documentation standards.
• Define modular product architectures.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Create and maintain CAD models, production drawings, GD&T schemes, and tolerance analyses.
• Perform or direct thermal and structural analyses.
• Select materials and joining methods for various environments.
• Engineer interfaces involving ceramics, metals, seals, and precision alignment.
• Drive rapid hardware iteration from concept through design release.
• Lead technical engagement with machine shops and manufacturing partners.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant mechanical product-development experience.
• Advanced proficiency with a modern 3D CAD platform, production drawings, GD&T, and tolerance analysis.
• Strong command of thermal management, structural mechanics, materials selection, and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design reviews, mentor engineers, communicate technical risk, and make sound decisions.
• Hands-on experience with experimental hardware and disciplined technical documentation.
• Ability to meet requirements associated with work on U.S. government and national-security programs.

Nice to have

• Experience with antenna systems, RF electronics packaging, aerospace hardware, high-voltage equipment, vacuum systems, or plasma devices.
• Experience with ceramics, metal-ceramic interfaces, brazing, adhesives, seals, coatings, or high-temperature assemblies.
• Proficiency with finite-element thermal or structural analysis and model-to-test correlation.
• Experience supporting environmental qualification, including shock, vibration, temperature, ingress, or related testing.
• Experience in an early-stage company, rapid-prototyping organization, defense program, or SBIR/STTR environment.
• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Benefits

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement.
• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
• Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.

About the company

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies in healthcare, cyber, and national security. Dash 2 Dynamics (D2) is a company within the firm building advanced communications systems powered by plasma physics and radio-frequency engineering.