Mechanical Engineer

Team: Vehicle Systems

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: onsite

Responsibilities

• Structural design supporting vehicle subsystems such as hydraulics, fuel systems, propulsion, and avionics
• Perform structural and thermal analyses using both hand calculations and FEA
• Lead trade studies across mechanical, fluid, and avionics subsystems with an emphasis on mass efficiency, cost, and performance
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to ensure designs are practical, producible, and aligned with program objectives
• Own hardware development from concept through design, fabrication, integration, and test
• Present technical content in internal reviews and represent the team in cross-functional and supplier/customer design reviews

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or physics 
• 1+ years of experience with electromechanical design, analysis, and testing (internships and significant student project experience qualify)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Hands-on prototyping and mechanical assembly experience for complex systems
• Strong foundation in engineering fundamentals including statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, vibe
• Proficiency in CAD (NX preferred), FEA (Ansys preferred), and PLM tools (Teamcenter preferred)
• Familiarity with mechanical testing under conditions such as vibration, fatigue, shock, vacuum, and thermal loads
• Experience collaborating across disciplines (e.g., fluids, avionics, manufacturing) to deliver integrated systems
• Demonstrated cradle to grave ownership of technically complex projects

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time