Top Engineering Jobs in Seattle, WA

Design and develop primary and secondary structural components for a next-generation UAV. Execute full design lifecycle, perform hand calculations and limited FEA, collaborate across disciplines, support validation/testing, and produce design documentation and drawings to aerospace standards.

Leads advanced manufacturing engineering across multiple defense and aerospace programs. Responsibilities include defining manufacturing processes, mapping material bills of manufacturing, designing workstations and tooling, creating controlled work instructions, conducting time studies, improving throughput through lean methods, implementing MES/QMS systems, supporting quality and first article inspection readiness, managing engineering change orders, and mentoring engineers during new production-line development.

Supports manufacturing process development, tooling and fixture design, documentation, prototype builds, NPI, production ramp-up, and continuous improvement for aerospace systems. Partners with engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain to improve manufacturability, troubleshoot production issues, conduct root cause analysis, validate processes, and ensure compliance with engineering and quality requirements.

Fabricate, instrument, assemble, and test aerospace prototype hardware and X-BAT flight-ready structures. Install sensors, route cabling, integrate data acquisition systems, perform mechanical and MIL-STD testing, document results, troubleshoot anomalies, maintain equipment records, and support machine shop, composite, and prototype fabrication activities.

Designs and integrates aircraft mechanical systems and components, including installation layouts, subsystem routing, CAD assemblies, engineering drawings, BOMs, and product releases. Applies GD&T, tolerance analysis, and structural calculations while supporting prototype builds, production integration, and issue resolution. Collaborates with avionics, manufacturing, systems engineering, stress, quality, supply chain, and test teams to deliver manufacturable, maintainable, and reliable aerospace hardware.

Leads mechanical integration of aircraft subsystems from concept through production, including installation architecture, equipment packaging, routing, interface definition, drawings, tolerance analyses, and manufacturing support. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, prototype builds, and production issue resolution. Designs complex machined, composite, fabricated, and sheet-metal assemblies; supports technical planning and risk management; and mentors junior engineers in CAD, GD&T, installation design, and engineering practices.

Leads the mechanical, thermal, and EWIS engineering organization for X-BAT aircraft and ground avionics. Sets technical strategy, architecture, standards, and processes; builds and scales engineering teams; oversees flight-critical hardware from concept through production; manages suppliers and contract manufacturers; and partners across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and program leadership. Requires extensive hands-on mechanical design experience, senior people leadership, avionics expertise, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Build, validate, troubleshoot, repair, and sustain electrical test systems for aerospace hardware. Perform PCBA and harness testing and rework, design interface electronics and fixtures, support production issues, maintain calibration and configuration control, document root causes, improve testability and serviceability, and mentor technicians and engineers.

Leads technical execution for the X-BAT autonomous combat aircraft across design, integration, testing, maturation, and production. Maintains system requirements, architecture, interfaces, configuration, performance, verification, and airworthiness baselines. Directs multidisciplinary engineering integration, technical trade studies, risk mitigation, design reviews, root-cause investigations, and flight-test readiness. Partners with program management, manufacturing, supply chain, customers, and external partners while developing technical leaders and communicating aircraft status, risks, and decisions to executives.

Conduct RF hardware testing for airborne and ground systems, including S-parameter, gain, power, noise, and emissions measurements. Operate and calibrate laboratory instruments, automate testing with Python or MATLAB, analyze data, troubleshoot anomalies, document results, and support EMI/EMC, environmental, qualification, integration, and flight testing. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and supplier teams while maintaining laboratory and configuration-control processes.