Assistant Mechanical Engineer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lexington, MA

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The Mechanical Engineering Group focuses on developing innovative mechanical design solutions for ground, airborne, and spaceborne applications. Areas of mechanical design expertise include large structures, mechanisms, opto-mechanical systems, and electronics packaging. Engineers from the Group are critical to all aspects of program execution beginning with conceptual design, continuing through detail design, system integration and test, and concluding with environmental and performance testing. The Group is the Engineering Division's center for 3D computer-aided design. Example projects include airborne and space-based laser communications systems, space based sensors, missile defense technology, and vehicle mounted radars and large radar antenna systems.

Position Description

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide support for the mechanical design, analysis and testing of complex mechanical, opto-mechanical and electro-mechanical systems. Responsibilities will include design, analyses, integration, and testing of complex hardware from conceptual design through fabrication and field performance evaluation. The candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of mechanical engineering fundamentals with a strong academic background and be capable of taking on a broad range of challenging problems involving structures, mechanisms, thermal systems, optics and electronics. The successful candidate will be expected to present the design concepts to both internal and external audiences. This position involves working in close-knit teams with design, analyses and test personnel. The position may involve travel to meetings and field sites.

Requirements

Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical engineering fundamentals with strong academic background.

Must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment and demonstrate good written and oral communication skills and require little or no supervision.

Education

BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

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Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requisition ID: 40399

Posted 2026-06-12

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