Mechanical Engineer IV - Design

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.
Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies
The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.
You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.
If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.
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Job Summary:
Design
Has expertise in complex design challenges, including actuator and igniter performance optimization, pressure vessel design, solid rocket motor system design, hot gas valve and rocket thruster design. The individual can complete trade challenges and provide detailed analysis of alternatives.
Can analyze and optimize performance, incorporate advanced features, and provide recommendations for design decisions.
Drafting/Modelling
Possesses exceptional skills in designing intricate 2D or 3D models, using advanced CAD commands, and generating technical drawings.
Is proficient in interpreting complex GD&T symbols, evaluating engineering drawings, and communicating precise dimensional and tolerance requirements.
Can create 3D models, use advanced features, and contribute to solid modeling practices within software.
Materials
Possesses expertise in advanced ceramic properties, insulator material characterization, metal properties, and refractory metal processing techniques.
Can develop customized solutions for complex applications, contribute to research and innovation, analyze complex performance issues, and contribute to the development of new insulator materials and refractory metal alloys.
Communications
Possesses expertise in various communication modalities, including public speaking, negotiation, conflict resolution, and persuasive communication.
Excels in designing professional presentations, delivering complex technical presentations, and writing specialized technical documents, demonstrating advanced writing techniques and ensuring accuracy and precision in communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences.
Analysis
Has expertise in complex simulation setups, analysis techniques, structural analysis, dynamic analysis, and thermal analysis.
Can build complex simulations, validate models, and make informed engineering decisions.
Can interpret and validate dynamic analysis results, optimize structural designs, and address thermal management challenges.
Has expertise in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles, statistical tolerance analysis methods, and virtual inspection techniques.
Manufacturing
Has expertise in complex additive manufacturing, mechanical assembly, composite layups, machining, molding and casting, advanced manufacturing planning techniques, and welding tasks.
Can optimize designs, select materials and processes, and specify quality control checks including NDT methods.
Can lead assembly teams, perform composite fabrication, set up and program machining equipment, and perform molding and casting tasks.
Can provide expert consultation on manufacturing planning strategies and best practices.
Testing
The individual can perform assembly tasks, follow instructions, and integrate components for testing including the handling of energetics.
The individual understands test data collection principles and methods, perform data preprocessing, statistical analysis, and visualizations, set up and operate measurement instruments, perform calibrations, and acquire test data using standard techniques.
The individual can develop test plans, identify objectives, define procedures, and create schedules for simple scenarios.
Systems Engineering
Possesses advanced knowledge of mass estimation techniques, acquisition process, requirements analysis, prioritization, validation, and risk management.
Can conduct detailed mass analyses for complex systems, identify critical areas for mass reduction, and propose optimization strategies.
Can contribute to identifying potential risks, analyzing failure modes, and implementing reliability and safety measures. The individual is a recognized authority in the field.
Project Management
The individual should have basic financial knowledge, effective leadership skills, and teamwork abilities.
The individual should be able to participate in procurement activities, understand the structure of proposals, and create simple schedules using basic tools and terminology.
Ballistics
Understands advanced grain design methodologies, analyze burning characteristics, and optimize performance.
Understands propellant chemistry, combustion principles, grain geometry, internal ballistics, and solid propellant manufacturing processes, including types, composition, combustion mechanisms, and grain performance factors.
System Performance
Designs simple control systems using standard techniques, understand diagrams and specifications, and implement basic algorithms.
Conducts requirements elicitation, prioritize stakeholder needs, and document requirements using standard templates.
Understands solid rocket motor performance principles, including thrust, specific impulse, and propellant combustion.
Avionics
Understands basic battery design principles, cable/wire harness design, circuit board design, rocket motor ignition systems, and software design principles, contributing to tasks under guidance.
Identifies common components and connections and contributes to the generation of basic software designs while following standard specifications and guidelines.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science required in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other relevant engineering discipline from an accredited university. May consider equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
Seven (7) to ten (10) years of mechanical engineering experience.
Preferred Qualifications: