Detroit Engineered Products ยท 1 day ago
Mechanical Design Engineer - Fuel Systems (NX/Creo)
Sterling Heights, MI
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$50/hr - $50/hr
5+ years expDetroit Engineered Products is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer specializing in fuel systems for military ground vehicles. The role involves designing and releasing mechanical and fluid components, ensuring they meet performance requirements and specifications while providing support throughout the build and production phases.
ManufacturingProduct DesignSoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Mechanical & Auxiliary design engineering of fluid and distributed systems including fuel, automatic fire suppression, camera cleaning, LRU cooling, and hydraulic and pneumatics to meet customer requirements and specifications
Develops and integrates components into vehicle platforms to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental, ballistic and mine blast requirements
Conducts design, integration and analysis of mechanical components, mechanisms, and shock attenuation systems for mounting devices
Applies the mechanics of materials, material selection, welding, and fabrication principles for mechanical components and complex welded brackets, mounting provisions
Supports various projects by performing analysis & design, drawing/model mark-ups, tolerance stacks along with generating source data for engineering changes
Responsible for writing material requests and shop work requests, track delivery and stock of parts, participate in integration reviews, fit checks, and author reports
Provides support to prototype, production, and sustainment vehicle efforts and follow-up, technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and redesign activities
Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management in a clear, concise manner and in the context of risk management
Direct and oversee CAD model and drawing development
Conduct failure analysis, produce required corrective action, and troubleshoot and redesign activities and necessary
Will work on customer needs for the vehicle, formulate the subsystem and component requirements and meet contract expectations
May occasionally be responsible for technical presentations to other engineering groups, the customer and/or leadership
May work with different engineering functions of the organization on various programs
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering
Electrical Engineering with experience and desire to work Mechanical systems
Demonstrated understanding of mechanical engineering principles
Experience supporting prototype and/or production build activities
Demonstrated experience developing fluid system functional architecture, schematics, and analytical models and troubleshooting
Experience with root cause and corrective activities
Ability to travel up to 20% to other facilities and military installations if needed
Preferred
Focus on Fluid or Distributed Systems is a plus
5 to 7 years in a related role is desired
Solid modeling experience with NX and/or Creo desired
Experience with Teamcenter and Vis Mockup a plus
Previous experience working on ground combat Vehicles desired
This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance
This position may require the candidate to be able to climb on/off, work in, and work around military vehicles
Ability to work occasional weekends, evenings and overtime is required
Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills are required
Company
Detroit Engineered Products
Detroit Engineered Products is an Engineering Solutions and Product Development company operating globally.
501-1000 employees
Funding
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