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Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance

  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance job type Posted on: Oct 27, 2026
  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance experience level Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited
  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance employment type Sterling, Virginia
  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance salary Salary: $80 per hour
  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance employment type Onsite
  • Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance salary Full-time
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Job Title :

Lead Mechanical Engineer Active TS Clearance

Job Type :

Full-Time

Job Location :

Sterling Virginia United States

Remote :

No

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Job Description

Job Description
Role Overview: We are seeking a driven Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, development, and qualification of complex mechanical systems including precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical assemblies within a dynamic program team.
  • Schedule: 9/80 (Work 80 hours across 9 days out of 14, with every other Friday off)
  • Workstyle: Hands-on approach with active lab work, direct hardware interaction, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Full Lifecycle Ownership: Drive projects from requirements definition and concept generation through material selection, trade studies, design optimization, detailed design, documentation, and integration testing.
  • Prototyping & Testing: Prototype, integrate, and test component parts and assemblies; develop test plans and procedures for mechanical subsystems; and evaluate hardware performance.
  • Technical Leadership & Communication: Provide formal and informal briefings to internal/external stakeholders and customer representatives. Direct designers, technicians, and operators within interdisciplinary teams.
  • Documentation & Compliance: Generate Technical Data Package components (part/assembly drawings) and adhere strictly to company processes for product development, configuration management, and purchasing.
  • Design Reviews & Field Support: Participate in peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, product change review meetings, and support field testing/demonstrations as a mechanical engineering field representative.
Qualifications & Requirements:
  • Education & Experience:
    • Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, OR
    • Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, OR
    • In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Security Clearance: Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance (or held within the last 2 years), with the ability to hold or obtain a favorable polygraph.
Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Presentation & Leadership: Comfortable synthesizing complex technical concepts and presenting them to program leadership.
  • Design Expertise: Experience in designing precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and packaging modules/electronics while balancing thermal and structural loading for optimized size, weight, and power (SWaP).
  • Software & Standards: Proficiency in CAD tools (such as Creo) and a strong understanding of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
  • Advanced Manufacturing: Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA).
  • Specialized Technologies: Background working with actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and specialized manufacturing processes.

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Posted:

Oct 27, 2026

Reference Number:

4fceb307

Employment:

Full-time

Salary:

$80 per hour

City:

Sterling

Job Origin:

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Job Description

Job Description
Role Overview: We are seeking a driven Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, development, and qualification of complex mechanical systems including precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical assemblies within a dynamic program team.
  • Schedule: 9/80 (Work 80 hours across 9 days out of 14, with every other Friday off)
  • Workstyle: Hands-on approach with active lab work, direct hardware interaction, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Full Lifecycle Ownership: Drive projects from requirements definition and concept generation through material selection, trade studies, design optimization, detailed design, documentation, and integration testing.
  • Prototyping & Testing: Prototype, integrate, and test component parts and assemblies; develop test plans and procedures for mechanical subsystems; and evaluate hardware performance.
  • Technical Leadership & Communication: Provide formal and informal briefings to internal/external stakeholders and customer representatives. Direct designers, technicians, and operators within interdisciplinary teams.
  • Documentation & Compliance: Generate Technical Data Package components (part/assembly drawings) and adhere strictly to company processes for product development, configuration management, and purchasing.
  • Design Reviews & Field Support: Participate in peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, product change review meetings, and support field testing/demonstrations as a mechanical engineering field representative.
Qualifications & Requirements:
  • Education & Experience:
    • Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, OR
    • Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, OR
    • In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Security Clearance: Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance (or held within the last 2 years), with the ability to hold or obtain a favorable polygraph.
Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Presentation & Leadership: Comfortable synthesizing complex technical concepts and presenting them to program leadership.
  • Design Expertise: Experience in designing precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and packaging modules/electronics while balancing thermal and structural loading for optimized size, weight, and power (SWaP).
  • Software & Standards: Proficiency in CAD tools (such as Creo) and a strong understanding of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
  • Advanced Manufacturing: Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA).
  • Specialized Technologies: Background working with actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and specialized manufacturing processes.

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