Chaos Industries
Principal Mechanical Engineer
$175K–$215K
El Segundo, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- El Segundo, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years; no stated alternatives.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
About the job
Leads mechanical design and integration of ruggedized mission systems into ground- and sea-mobile platforms, from concept through qualification, production, and sustainment.
What you'll do
- Design and integrate structures, mounts, enclosures, and mechanisms for mission hardware, accounting for environmental and platform constraints.
- Lead system integration, qualification, and acceptance activities; perform first-order structural and thermal analyses.
- Coordinate with customers, platform providers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners, and support production transition and fielded-system sustainment.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in platform-level mechanical design and system integration for aerospace and defense applications.
- Experience integrating mechanical and mission subsystems into vehicles, mobile platforms, or fixed installations; strong CAD proficiency and familiarity with structural analysis and ruggedized military hardware.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience as a program mechanical technical authority, with mechanisms, simulation packages, prototyping, or manufacturing processes.
Pay
$175k-215k (base salary)
Tools
SolidWorks, FEA, MIL-STD-810, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, CFD codes, COMSOL
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