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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Surveillance Tower

Irvine, CA (OC-62)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and scaling ruggedized, rapidly deployable autonomous hardware platforms (like the Mobile Sentry) for persistent awareness across land, sea, and air using AI and sensor fusion.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Ruggedized Autonomous Systems)

Builds

Rapidly deployable, ruggedized electromechanical platforms for military use

Domain

Defense technology / Autonomous systems / Ruggedized hardware

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Mechanical/electromechanical design, 3D CAD, GD&T, hands-on fabrication, first principles physics, hardware test planning, cross-functional coordination

Preferred skills

NX/Teamcenter, advanced degrees (M.Eng/MS/PhD), low-rate production experience for automotive/space/military, electromechanical integration, manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, injection molding, welding, wire harnessing, 3D printing)

Technologies

NX, Teamcenter, 3D CAD platforms

Responsibilities

Own ruggedized hardware design from concept to production, lead design reviews and execute test plans, build complex electromechanical prototypes, coordinate internal departments for failure analysis and production transition, support hardware demonstrations, travel to test sites and vendors

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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