Castelion
Senior Mechanisms Engineer
Rio Rancho, NM +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Rio Rancho, NM
Torrance, CA
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503
2601 29th Ave NW, Rio Rancho, NM 87144 - Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the candidate’s ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing. If the role requires classified access, employment may also depend on obtaining and maintaining the required U.S. Government clearance or authorization and meeting applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.
About the job
Designs, builds, and validates high-performance mechanical actuation systems and control-surface mechanisms for hypersonic vehicles.
What you'll do
- Lead mechanism architecture and detailed design, including gear trains, linkages, bearings, and structural components.
- Analyze loads, stresses, deflections, and reliability; support prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and qualification.
- Integrate mechanisms with vehicle teams and optimize designs for mass, stiffness, reliability, and manufacturability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in mechanism design, analysis, and validation for aerospace or high-performance mechanical systems.
- Strong background in gear trains, actuation systems, and precision mechanical design; experience designing aerospace or similarly demanding electromechanical actuators.
- Experience with control-surface drive systems or similar mechanisms, CAD and analysis tools, structural and life analysis, tolerance stack-up, and hardware build/test/troubleshooting.
Tools
NX, SolidWorks, ANSYS
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