Payload Mechanical Engineer
Core
Design mechanical housings, mounting structures, and interfaces for payloads on maritime autonomous vehicles, ensuring pressure-rated, volume-constrained, and field-swappable solutions.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical engineer (maritime autonomous vehicle payloads)
Builds
Pressure-rated payload containment and modular interfaces for AUVs
Domain
Defense / Maritime Autonomous Vehicles / Subsea Engineering
Required skills
Mechanical design, CAD (GD&T), pressure-rated enclosure design, structural analysis, mass/volume/CG budgeting, subsea mechanical design, underwater connectors, defense hardware integration
Preferred skills
Modular field-swappable interfaces, payload integration for aircraft/spacecraft/UAVs, third-party hardware integration
Technologies
CAD, GD&T, structural analysis tools
Responsibilities
Design payload housings and mounting structures, define modular mechanical interfaces, perform structural and pressure analysis, manage mass/volume/CG budgets, produce drawings and interface control documents, support prototype builds and at-sea validation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC