Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Description

Seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to support a short-term surge in engineering activities across multiple autonomy integration programs. These engineers will play a key role in designing and integrating autonomous vehicle hardware onto existing off-road vehicle platforms, including military and commercial ground vehicles.

The primary effort involves developing SolidWorks-based designs that integrate autonomy systems with an AM General vehicle platform. A second project will focus on kit development and mechanical integration design for autonomous vehicle solutions.

This position is ideal for a hands-on mechanical engineer who enjoys working on ruggedized vehicles, autonomous systems, and electromechanical assemblies in a fast-paced R&D environment.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed mechanical designs, models, and drawings using SolidWorks.

• Design and integrate autonomy hardware, sensors, computing systems, brackets, enclosures, mounts, and supporting structures onto off-road vehicle platforms.

• Support development of autonomy-ready vehicle kits and subsystem integration packages.

• Perform concept development, packaging studies, and design trade-off analyses.

• Generate fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, and bill of materials (BOMs).

• Work closely with robotics, electrical, software, and systems engineering teams.

• Participate in design reviews and support prototype builds.

• Interface with manufacturing and fabrication resources to ensure designs are practical and manufacturable.

• Support installation, integration, and testing activities on prototype vehicles.

• Troubleshoot mechanical integration issues during vehicle builds and testing.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.

• 5-10+ years of mechanical design experience.

• Strong proficiency with SolidWorks in a product development environment.

• Experience designing mechanical systems for vehicles, mobile equipment, robotics, autonomous systems, military platforms, heavy equipment, or industrial machinery.

• Experience creating manufacturing drawings and assemblies.

• Understanding of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and design for manufacturing (DFM).

• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving engineering environment.

• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Project Environment

The selected engineers will support the companies growing portfolio of autonomy solutions for off-road and military vehicle applications. Current efforts involve integration of autonomous technologies onto rugged vehicle platforms operating in challenging outdoor environments.

Work Arrangement

Preferred: Onsite in Warrendale/Pittsburgh, PA

Hybrid schedule available for strong candidates

Candidates within approximately one hour of the facility are strongly preferred

Occasional hands-on work in vehicle integration and testing environments

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Pittsburgh, PA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $95.00 - $110.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Pittsburgh, PA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 3, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Pittsburgh,PA.

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