Mechanical Engineer

The Role

The Mechanical Engineer is part of the engineering team that develops marine navigation and bridge systems for OSI’s government and naval markets that offer market leading performance and reliability, minimize production costs and are maintainable over an extended lifecycle. The Mechanical Engineer II designs, selects, evaluates and documents mechanical components and their interconnection within the bridge systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs studies, experiments, research and tests in contributing to the design and development of navigation and bridge system products to established codes, standards, drawings, specifications and customer requirements, for both commercial and military customers

• Contributes to the mechanical design effort based on COTS, military grade products and customized solutions which includes the recommendation of parts and components
• Updates and maintains the Company’s parts database
• Reviews hardware requirements, produces hardware design documents, ensuring the proposed solution meets the stated requirements
• Creates mechanical designs and provides information to CAD team members for drawing production
• Reviews designs for adherence to industry and government standards
• Prepares simple written plans, calculations, designs, specifications and material lists
• Assists more senior engineers in carrying out technical tasks requiring accuracy of calculations, completeness of data and adherence to prescribed methods

• Assists with the interpretation and analysis of design data in preparing feasibility studies and prepares reports for assigned work, making recommendations on technical problem resolution within the scope of the assignment

• Provides design information and guidance to support personnel, and occasionally to suppliers, in preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication
• Ensures that the resulting design meets system, customer and budgetary requirements and is compliant to industry and government standards
• Clearly communicates technical and design documentation to other departments
• Executes engineering change request (CRs) as well as providing supporting justification data

You Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 2-4 years of practical mechanical engineering experience
• Knowledge of mechanical design and design for manufacturing
• Working knowledge of vibration, shock, thermal, and structural analysis

• Working knowledge of SolidWorks and AutoCAD
• Familiarity with MS Office Suite and SharePoint
• Knowledge of peripheral equipment, test, diagnostic and measuring equipment
• Knowledge of Shipbuilding codes and standards for example: Lloyds Rules