Early Career R&D Mechanical Engineer - Design​/Engineering Support, Onsite

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We are seeking a R&D Mechanical Engineer to provide design‑engineering support during the full life cycle of surety component development, production, and ongoing surveillance assessment of stockpile devices. These surety components play a critical role in assuring the safety and security of the nation's nuclear deterrent in a wide range of environments including severe accident scenarios. You will work on mechanism components with complex mechanical interactions in assemblies of over 100 custom designed/built piece parts.

As an engineer in the Nuclear Deterrence (ND) mechanisms family, you will touch all aspects of product development from conceptual design and analysis to system retirement. We have a diverse team with wide ranges of skills and experience, and we value critical thinking skills and good mechanical insight. This position is a great opportunity for an early career engineer to forge relationships across the Nuclear Security Enterprise, and make lasting contributions to the safety of our nation's nuclear stockpile.

On any given day, you would be expected to:

• Develop and down‑select design concepts
• Negotiate functional and interface requirements with the next assembly customer
• Analyze designs to determine suitability of concepts and changes
• Lead generation and revisions of product design definition drawings using GD&T
• Develop and refine new designs through iterative design‑build‑test cycles
• Lead the assembly of prototype and developmental hardware
• Negotiate product manufacturing requirements with the production agency
• Participate in production agency‑led vendor development and evaluation activities
• Review inspection results to verify product compliance with requirements
• Disposition product non‑conformances based on design analysis and subject matter expert review
• Develop and execute test plans to validate designs
• Create test specifications and procedures for product acceptance and surveillance
• Develop and execute qualification plans to ensure product quality and compliance with requirements throughout production
• Investigate anomalies and resolve through analysis and test‑based methods
• Evaluate data from component and systems level tests to assess the ability of devices to continue to meet requirements in fielded systems
• Present designs, tests results, and findings to peers, customers, and management in formal and informal settings
• Document work in formal reports and memos
• Lead or support the generation and maintenance of project schedule and financial plans using methods including Earned Value Management

Some travel is required.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$99,400 - $193,600

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific…