Full-Time

Staff Mechanical Engineer

Deadline 4/6/27
QinetiQ

QinetiQ

5,001-10,000 employees

Global defense, security, and aerospace engineering

Compensation Overview

$90k - $120k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Massachusetts, USA

In Person

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
Mechanical Engineering (2)
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Required Skills
PTC Creo
Word/Pages/Docs
SolidWorks
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a similar engineering discipline
  • 2-4 years’ experience in mechanical design (0-3 yrs. with MSME)
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
  • Must have experience with either PTC Creo or Solidworks in the creation of detailed CAD models/drawings
  • Proficient using 3-D Solid Modeling software (Solidworks or PTC Creo) and have an understanding of manufacturing and testing practices
  • Ability to provide hands on support for building prototype designs, test equipment and perform operational testing of robotic vehicles
  • Knowledge of metal fabrication, machining and welding processes
  • Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records
  • Experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD Security Clearance
Responsibilities
  • The candidate will perform as an engineering team member on projects
  • Create designs and documentation, implement design changes, build prototype systems
  • Create detailed designs and drawings for fabrication
  • Support in-house and field testing of prototype hardware
  • Act as an engineering liaison to manufacturing and quality
  • Support existing electromechanical design, layout, and modeling of electro-mechanical assemblies, machinery and mechanisms (using CREO or Solidworks)
  • Interface with suppliers to support procurement of fabricated parts
  • Participate in the formal Engineering Change process
  • Resolve manufacturing and quality issues, and report on equipment build status
  • Perform basic tolerance analysis
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with a CAD PDM system
  • Experience with geometric tolerancing (ASME Y14.5)

QinetiQ is a global science and engineering company serving defense, security, and aerospace markets. It delivers advanced technologies, testing, evaluation, and integrated engineering services for government and commercial customers, including R&D, systems design, testing facilities, and program support to design, verify, and deploy defense and security solutions. The company originated from the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and was privatized to become a private company, later expanding via Carlyle Group’s investment and a London IPO to grow, especially in the U.S. defense market. This mix of government-originated expertise and private-sector growth helps it offer broad, end-to-end capabilities across international projects. Its goal is to provide trusted science and engineering capabilities that help protect nations and people by delivering reliable defense, security, and aerospace solutions.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Mary Tavy, United Kingdom

Founded

1956

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • QinetiQ US formed in 2019 via MTEQ acquisition, doubling US operations size.
  • QinetiQ hired Shawn Purvis as US CEO in Q3 2025 to drive revenue growth.
  • QinetiQ revenues soared since 2022 from Ukraine war drone and EW demand.

What critics are saying

  • Airbus Zephyr dominates HAPS market, eroding QinetiQ ISR revenues since 2013 sale.
  • Velodyne bankruptcy in 2023 halts lidar supply for QinetiQ UGV portfolio.
  • UK MOD favors Dstl, reducing QinetiQ contracts post-DERA split.

What makes QinetiQ unique

  • QinetiQ originated from DERA privatization in July 2001, inheriting UK defense R&D legacy.
  • QinetiQ North America leads in military robotics via 2004 Foster-Miller acquisition.
  • QinetiQ secured 25-year LTPA with UK MOD in 2003 for test services.

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