Wardstone
Senior Mechanical Engineer
El Segundo, United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 18, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years designing flight or high-load hardware.
- Education
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual); must be eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
About the job
Own mechanical and structural interceptor subsystems from concept through analysis, fabrication, testing, and flight, collaborating across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Design and analyze structures and mechanisms, create production-ready CAD models and drawings, and contribute to vehicle-level work.
- Coordinate interfaces with other engineering teams; select materials and work with vendors and machine shops to build hardware.
- Design and conduct structural and environmental tests, build or modify hardware, and contribute to design reviews and mentoring.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience designing flight or high-load hardware, including ownership of at least one subsystem from design through test.
- Strong CAD skills, including complex assemblies and drawings with GD&T, and structural analysis skills including hand calculations and FEA.
- Material selection experience for high-stress aerospace applications; hands-on shop and test environment comfort; must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR and eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice to have
- Hardware experience on missiles, rockets, UAVs, or other high-speed aerospace vehicles; mechanism design experience.
- Manual or CNC mill and lathe proficiency; MIL-STD environmental testing or test-rig experience; prior early-stage startup experience.
Tools
CAD, GD&T, FEA, MIL-STD-810
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