Mechanical Engineer, Air Vehicles

🕒 April 21

🏢 Costa Mesa – Onsite

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

👻 Ghost score 64%

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HIKINEX

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201 - 500 employees

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Marketing • Logistics • Consulting

HIKINEX is a multi-channel integrated service provider that delivers outsourced sales, recruitment, virtual assistant, and marketing support to help companies scale quickly and reduce operating costs. The company offers sales-as-a-service (appointment setting, outbound sales, sales training), end-to-end recruiting and talent acquisition (sourcing, screening, ATS management, executive recruiting), virtual administrative support, and marketing/brand ambassador services. HIKINEX operates remotely out of San Francisco and emphasizes flexible, scalable staffing and operations solutions for B2B clients.

📋 Description

• Develop and integrate hardware on unmanned air vehicles • Own designs from concept generation through real-world use • Apply first-principles physics to engineering decisions • Lead design reviews and run engineering analyses • Visit vendors and define and execute hardware test plans • Build prototypes and analyze failures • Transition successful projects into production • Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed • Travel to test sites as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience • Advanced Air Vehicles Programs Experience • Experience integrating electrical and mechanical subsystems into advanced air vehicles • Experience designing mechanical parts using CAD • Understanding of manufacturing methods, including machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, and composite lamination • High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles • BS or higher degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance • Experience in NX/Teamcenter preferred • Experience developing aircraft subsystem layouts, performing architectural trade studies, and evaluating vendor performance data preferred • Competency in structural, thermal, and electrical engineering analysis preferred