Sustainment Mechanical Engineer

Job ID: 2618315

Location: Crane, IN, US

Date Posted: 2026-10-22

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Mechanical Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Interim_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description


SAIC is seeking a Sustainment Mechanical Engineer to support the U.S. Navy at NSWC Crane in Crane, IN.

In this role, you'll join a hands-on, cross-functional team of engineers and technicians dedicated to sustainment activities within the Strategic Systems unit. Your work will center on adapting and updating existing assets and infrastructure to support the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile systems deployed on the new Columbia/Dreadnaught class submarines. You will be primarily on-site at the Crane Naval Base, working directly with the Government Customer, with occasional travel to SAIC's facility in Bedford, IN.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Apply strong organizational skills to manage multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced environment with evolving deadlines and priorities.
• Work directly with customers to understand and clarify requirements, develop execution plans, and provide clear, timely status updates.
• Prepare Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to update and revise official drawings.
• Perform Failure Analysis and recommend effective corrective actions.
• Develop Quality Acceptance documents using drawings and program requirements to validate new hardware.

Qualifications


REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and zero (0) years of experience.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel and work well independently and as part of a team.
• Interim secret clearance is required to start with the ability to obtain a secret clearance. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Familiar with quality management systems, familiar with ASME drafting standards, troubleshooting experience, experience with Product Data Management Systems (e.g., Windchill, iPDM), SolidWorks and/or CREO.
• Experience with engineering design, modeling, and drawing development.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and integration principles such as requirements definition, verification and validation testing, interface control documents (ICDs) and systems engineering management plans (SEMP).

Target salary range: $40,001 - $80,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .