Job Title: Lead Mechanical Engineer
Job Description
The Lead Mechanical Engineer develops innovative mechanical and thermal-structural designs for complex, next-generation defense and aerospace applications. This role combines technical leadership and hands-on engineering, serving as a task lead on key projects while also contributing as an individual engineer. The Lead Mechanical Engineer translates customer requirements into detailed design criteria, applies rigorous engineering principles and tools to create robust and reliable solutions, and ensures that hardware such as test fixtures, custom mechanical assemblies, pressure vessels, piping systems, and weldments are manufacturable, maintainable, and properly integrated with other engineering disciplines. This position plays a central role in mentoring junior engineers and shaping a high-performance, collaborative engineering culture.
Responsibilities

+ Serve as task lead on mechanical engineering projects, ensurin...