Head of Mechanical Engineering- LA
Core
Build and lead the US mechanical engineering organization for hardware products in Kinetics and CUAS business lines, managing design from concept to full-rate domestic production.
Role type
Head of Mechanical Engineering (founding leader)
Builds
Hardware products for Kinetics and CUAS business lines
Domain
Defense technology / Hardware engineering
Required skills
Mechanical design, team building and hiring, design-for-manufacture (DFM), qualification and safety board approval, toolchain and process definition, technical leadership (via careerplan.io/jobs/2A-007-5A-279-head-of-mechanical-engineering-la-at-kela-technologies)
Preferred skills
Experience in defense or high-cadence hardware development, experience building engineering organizations from scratch
Technologies
Mechanical design tools, manufacturing processes
Responsibilities
Own mechanical engineering across Kinetics and CUAS and lead ME for new business lines; Serve as senior technical authority for mechanical design requirements, architecture, design reviews, and qualification; Build and lead the US ME team including hiring and culture; Own design-for-manufacture to enable rate production; Lead ME support for qualification and safety board approval; Set ME toolchain, standards, and processes