Mechanical Design Lead

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) • Simsbury, CT • 1d ago

At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you!

Job Description

EBAD seeks an engineer for the position of Mechanical Design Lead, reporting to the Mechanical Design Manager.

Responsibilities:

The Mechanical Design Lead provides front line leadership for a team of designers responsible for product and packaging mechanical design. This role ensures mechanical designs satisfy program design for cost (DFC), design for manufacturability (DFM), performance, and reliability objectives while meeting design best practices.

The Mechanical Design Lead is responsible for:

Providing clear direction, performance feedback, and career development guidance to direct reports

Setting clear goals and expectations aligned with business core values and priorities

Conducting regular one-on-ones, tag-ups, and team meetings to foster communication and alignment

Fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement

Supporting hiring, onboarding, and retention of talent

Allocating resources effectively across projects to balance workload and priorities

Identify skill gaps and implement training, mentoring, or development plans to strengthen team capability

Assigning and reviewing design tasks to meet schedule, technical requirements, and budget constraints

Reviewing/approving CAD models, drawings, and BOMs for technical accuracy, DFM, and DFC.

Driving DFM by collaborating with operations and supply chain to ensure designs are producible, repeatable, and scalable.

Driving DFC by optimizing materials, processes, tolerances, and part counts

Ensuring compliance with applicable standards (ASME, MIL-STD, NASA-STD, AS9100, DoD, customer)

Partnering with Development and Test Engineering to ensure designs are suitable for harsh environments, including thermal, vibration, shock, vacuum, and radiation exposure.

Support formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), with emphasis on manufacturability and cost readiness.

Lead or support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and cost-reduction or producibility improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Preferred)

Required Experience/Skills

5+ years of mechanical design experience in space, defense, or other high-reliability industries.

2+ years of experience in a technical lead or supervisory role.

Proficiency in CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, or CATIA.

Strong understanding of GD&T, tolerance analysis, materials, and process.

Demonstrated experience implementing DFM and DFC principles in regulated environments

Working knowledge of configuration management, CO/CR processes, and change control

Experience with PLM/PDM systems (e.g., SolidWorks PDM, Windchill, Teamcenter)

Ability to balance performance, reliability, schedule, and cost tradeoffs

Experience working cross functional teams engineering, operations, supply chain, and program management.

Highly detail-oriented with a disciplined approach to compliance and documentation.

Familiarity with ITAR/EAR, AS9100, NASA-STD, MIL-STD, and/or CUI requirements.

Experience working directly with machine shops and contract manufacturers

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

Must be a U.S or naturalized Citizen capable of working on U.S. DoD and ITAR restricted products

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

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