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RAVE Aerospace LLC

Senior Mechanical Engineer

brea, CA

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RAVE Aerospace LLC lists this Senior Mechanical Engineer opportunity in brea, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Mechanical Engineer has responsibility for mechanical and electromechanical design and systems integration of company products. This individual has a significant impact on product innovation, cost, schedule, and feature set. This individual will retain technical ownership of mechanical designs and is responsible for the system assembly as a whole throughout the design, development, production, and support phases.

Core Responsibilities

Product development activities ranging from conceptual development, prototyping, and design validation to manufacturing and existing product support; individually and collaboratively

Collaborates with engineers of various disciplines to develop products with electromechanical and mechanical content

Integration of electronics, mechanical and user interfaces, including PCBAs, switches, sensors, buttons, screens, power supplies, wiring, cable management, and system peripherals

Develops hand‑held user interfaces with levels of tactile and cosmetic quality meeting industry leading consumer products with premium look and feel

Develops systems and components made from a variety of fabrication techniques resulting in assemblies ranging in size from small to large for low, mid and high production volumes

Develops highly reliable systems as measured by industry standard statistical techniques

Develops systems optimized for manufacturability/cost/performance/reliability and component availability

Performs root‑cause analysis of issues detected during development, engineering testing, qualification, or when deployed products are returned from the field

Designs assembly fixtures as well as test fixtures as needed

Advanced component and complex assembly design

Authors mechanical drawings, technical documents and assembly instructions as needed

Collaboratively shares knowledge and ideas with the team and company as a whole

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in a related field

6+ years of experience working in a similar role

Experience designing LRUs to meet FAA certification requirements such as DO‑160

Advanced user of a 3D CAD (preferably SolidWorks) and PDM

Capable of generating specification drawings with dimensions and tolerances per ASME 14.5Y

Experience implementing tolerance studies and analyses to document and validate part variation and assembly fits and clearances

Experience designing injection molded, sheet metal, die cast, machined, stamped and die cut parts

Experience with statistical techniques for part fabrication and manufacturing process output control

Experience with electromagnetic regulatory requirements and mitigation of problems found during testing

Experience with the implementation of various thermal management techniques

Proven track record of owning and driving significant portions of complex engineering projects

Proven track record in meeting project goals and objectives

The starting pay range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on the level of the position, skills, experience, job‑related knowledge, and location.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus program

Future financial security with a 401(k) program with company match

Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year‑end holiday shutdown

Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off

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Worksite address

brea, CA, 92631, US

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