(US CITIZEN ONLY) Design Engineer

Position Details

Title: Design Engineer

Location: Grand Prairie, TX 75051

Pay Rate: $71.92/hr on W2

Contract: 06 Months contract with potential extension

Shift : 4/10-1st Shift

Authorisation: US Citizenship required

Ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Job Description

Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional or specific products.
Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal.
Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.
Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products.
Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

Required Skills

Minimum 6 years mechanical design experience in Military/Defense/UAS systems
Minimum 6 years experience & proven track record of delivering design concepts, detailed drawings, and hardware that have progressed to prototype or production.
Minimum 6 years experience using PLM/ERP tools (e.g., Windchill) for change control, configuration management, and traceability.
Minimum 6 years experience in small air vehicle design and development projects.
Minimum 2 years experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Minimum 1 year experience with Bill Of Materials (BOM)
Minimum 2 years experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Minimum 4 years experience with Complex Mechanical/Electrical Concepts
Minimum 2 years experience with Part Tolerancing
Collaborative mindset and ability to coordinate design teams
Proven analytical skills to resolve weight, performance, and requirement trade offs
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