Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting for a Engineering Drafter in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Navarro is a premier contractor providing high-quality technical services to DOE, NASA, and DOD. Navarro’s success is based on our customer service focus and our well-known responsiveness and innovation. In all we do, either in corporate management or in our services to our clients, we seek for the most effective and efficient approaches to provide best value to our clients.

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory develops advanced naval nuclear propulsion technology for the safety and reliability of our Navy’s submarine and aircraft carrier fleet. Our company is looking for an experienced drafter to join our team as part of the Propulsion Plant Team Trainer (PPTT) project, which is a multi-site organization engaged in the design, production, testing, and delivery of advanced training simulators.

The successful candidate will:

• Collaborate with engineers to create or modify designs (SolidWorks) and drawings (eDrawings, PDF, etc.) for PPTT equipment

• Provide input related to designs' manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with industry standards and regulations

• Provide input to the material selection for components based on performance requirements, durability and cost-effectiveness

Requirements

• Associates degree in mechanical design, drafting, or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a mechanical drafter or similar role
• Active DOD L Clearance or ability to obtain a clearance.
• Proficiency creating and modifying mechanical designs in SolidWorks
• Proficiency creating and modifying drawings based on detailed engineering input
• Knowledge of drafting standards and techniques, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stack analysis, and design for value engineering
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience in electrical design and drafting
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and techniques
• Familiarity with common plastic and metal additive manufacturing technologies
• Familiarity with common sheet metal forming techniques and how tolerances impact manufacturing cost for each
• Familiarity with common machine tool sand machining practices and how tolerances impact manufacturing cost for each

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)

Salary Range: $75,000 - $115,000 depending on education and years of experience.

In accordance with the Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc (Navarro) salary determination process, Navarro takes into consideration the level of assigned job duties and responsibilities and the candidate’s education, training, and/or experience relative to internal peers and the external labor market. A candidate's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.