Mach Industries
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Structures
$140K–$180K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Leads structural engineering for defense-platform hardware from requirements and CAD design through analysis, fabrication, testing, validation, and production.
What you'll do
- Own mechanical design and development of system-level hardware, from concepts and prototypes through production.
- Lead structural testing and use results to validate and iterate designs.
- Drive manufacturability, GD&T, tolerance decisions, and FEA analysis; create tooling, test plans, and technical documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience focused on designing and prototyping mechanical systems.
- Strong 3D CAD modeling, drafting, and GD&T skills per ASME Y14.5.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- End-to-end hands-on hardware development for Flight or Production hardware, plus experience integrating mechanical systems with sensors, actuators, and embedded control hardware.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in a related field; lightweight materials, composites, or additive manufacturing experience.
- Aerospace configuration/change management, structural sizing or FEA, hardware testing, cross-discipline design, or programming experience.
Pay
$140,000 — $180,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CAD, NX, SolidWorks, GD&T, ASME Y14.5, FEA, Nastran, python
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