Job Title: Mechanical Engineer
Job Description
This Mechanical Engineer role focuses on creating precise engineering documentation and high-quality CAD models that enable suppliers to manufacture complex engine components and assemblies accurately. You will work with an existing, optimized engine design to standardize product structures, define tolerances, and translate current functionality into professional, supplier-ready documentation for a leading aerospace environment.
Responsibilities
Identify and analyze the current product structure to determine its status and highlight areas that require additional focus or improvement.
Create and refine product structures by reviewing existing parts, assemblies, and supporting documentation.
Build new and enhance existing SolidWorks 2D and 3D models of engine components and assemblies, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Develop detailed assembly drawings in SolidWorks, including clear geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
Define tolerances, fits, and assembly requirements to support precise manufacturing and reliable engine performance.
Review critical components and manufacturing processes to determine project priorities for manufacturing optimization.
Translate the current "how it works today" state into professional, standardized, supplier-ready documentation suitable for production.
Support continuous improvement of documentation standards, models, and drawings to enhance manufacturability and consistency.
Essential Skills
5+ years of mechanical engineering or mechanical design experience is ideal; open to candidates with at least 3+ years of relevant experience.
Strong mechanical design experience with complex assemblies, particularly engines or propulsion systems (highly preferred).
Proficiency in SolidWorks 2D and 3D, including creating detailed models and drawings of assemblies and engine components.
Hands-on experience creating assembly documentation and detailed manufacturing drawings.
Proficient in GD&T, including applying tolerances to engine and propulsion system components and assemblies.
Ability to define and document tolerances, fits, and assembly requirements for tight-tolerance, congested assemblies.
Experience working on engines or propulsion systems, especially those with complex, contested assemblies requiring tight tolerances.
Ability to analyze existing product structures and documentation to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
Ability to translate existing functional designs into clear, supplier-ready engineering documentation.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is ideal.
Open to highly experienced and skilled Mechanical Designers with directly relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Aerospace experience is highly preferred, including work on drones, missiles, or other engine/propulsion systems with complex assemblies.
Experience with congested assemblies and managing tight tolerances in high-performance systems.
Familiarity with manufacturing optimization and prioritizing critical components and processes.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, project-based environment with short-duration contracts and potential for rolling projects and extensions.
Work Environment
This role is primarily onsite. You will work in a high-performance environment focused on engine and propulsion systems, using SolidWorks and related engineering tools to support detailed mechanical design and documentation. The position is structured as an initial short-duration contract with the potential for rolling projects and extensions for individuals who demonstrate strong performance and fit - the workload will likely yield more opportunity for the right consultant. The work setting emphasizes collaboration with propulsion and mechanical engineers, precise documentation standards, and close alignment with manufacturing needs.
This role is primarily onsite at our client site, roughly an hour east of the Portland area.
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Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Stevenson, WA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $60.00/hr.
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)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Stevenson,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 27, 2026.
About Actalent
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