Mechanical Engineer - Turret Systems (Softworld_233209) Sterling Heights, Michigan
Job Description
Position Summary:
Responsible for the design and integration of various mechanical turret components and subsystems for military combat vehicles.
Need turret weapon or mobile gun systems experience, if need then structures background. Experience and working knowledge of mechanism design for actuation systems and motion control for machine motor and turret action of the weapon gun system
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop sub-system/component level requirements and design concepts.
- Ability to read/ understand blueprints
- Create conceptual designs
- Knowledge of common prototype and production manufacturing processes (machining, welding, forming, etc.)
- Knowledge of standard components (fasteners, springs, pins, etc.)
- Perform engineering analysis to evaluate sub-system/component designs.
- Create sketches
- Perform tolerance stack-ups
- Perform engineering calculations
- Create Pro-E Creo models to be used for analysis
- Understand/ perform FEA using Pro-Mechanica
- Work with design services to create detailed drawings.
- Knowledge of common drafting standards
- Understand/ apply GD&T, and Model Visualization tools: TeamCenter, VisMockup
- Basic knowledge of materials
- Component/ Vehicle test support
- Understand/ create test requirements
- Review test plan
- Monitor test results
- Project Management
- Understand/ create project schedules
- Maintain project open issues lists
- Prepare/ present project status
- Support concurrent engineering, procurement and prototype build/integration activities by providing technical assistance.