Senior Mechanical Engineer / Program Support

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

• The Senior Mechanical Engineer / Program Support role is a senior technical position focused primarily on mechanical engineering execution, technical leadership, and mentoring of junior engineers.
• This individual leads and supports mechanical design, integration, build, test, troubleshooting, requirements decomposition, and drawing release activities across complex defense-related engineering efforts.
• The role also includes a limited program-support component focused on breaking larger engineering objectives into executable tasks, coordinating engineering work, and communicating progress and schedule concerns to the program manager. It is not a full-time project or program management role and does not include formal personnel management authority.
• Length: 6-month contract with possibility of extension.

Key Responsibilities ? Mechanical Engineering Leadership

• Lead mechanical engineering activities for system-, subsystem-, and component-level design, integration, build, and test efforts.
• Apply advanced mechanical engineering principles and sound judgment to solve complex technical problems.
• Support requirements decomposition and translate technical requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Lead or support design development, packaging, integration, troubleshooting, verification, and validation efforts.
• Produce, review, and improve engineering documentation including drawings, design packages, presentations, reports, test documentation, and related technical artifacts.
• Support drawing development, drawing review, and drawing release activities.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, test events, and problem-resolution activities.
• Evaluate technical issues, customer comments, and design changes for impact to performance, manufacturability, cost, and schedule.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, quality, program management, and other engineering disciplines.

Key Responsibilities ? Technical Leadership and Mentorship

• Provide technical leadership to junior mechanical engineers through coaching, task guidance, design review, and day-to-day mentoring.
• Help develop engineering rigor, problem-solving ability, and execution discipline across the team.
• Share best practices in design, integration, test, troubleshooting, documentation, and configuration discipline.
• Support consistent engineering execution without formal supervisory authority.

Key Responsibilities ? Program Support

• Help break larger engineering objectives into clear, executable tasks for the engineering team.
• Support planning and coordination of engineering work to align with program priorities and milestones.
• Assign or coordinate actionable engineering tasks within the team in alignment with program direction.
• Monitor engineering task progress and identify delays, blockers, and technical risks that could affect schedule.
• Communicate engineering status, completion progress, and schedule concerns to the program manager.
• Support disciplined execution of engineering scope in coordination with program leadership.