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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Environmental Control Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design and own end-to-end environmental control systems (HVAC/ECU) for military shelters to ensure habitability in extreme battlefield conditions.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Environmental Control Systems)

Builds

TITAN and Menace I command post and living space shelters

Domain

Defense technology / Military hardware / Extreme environment engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

vapor-compression system design, thermodynamics, heat transfer, psychrometrics, CFD, supplier management, hands-on prototyping, CAD, engineering first principles

Preferred skills

ruggedized system design, VapCyc, CoilDesigner, ANSYS Fluent/CFX, refrigerant compliance, NX/Teamcenter, electronic integration, machining/composites/3D printing

Technologies

ANSYS Fluent, CFX, NX, Teamcenter, VapCyc, CoilDesigner

Responsibilities

Define technical roadmap for in-house HVAC/ECU design, select and size internal components (compressors, coils, fans, refrigerant circuits), apply first-principles analysis for extreme-environment performance, use CFD for thermal optimization, build and test prototypes, travel to exercises to collect warfighter feedback, iterate designs for scale production

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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