Mechanical Engineer II
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 2–5 years of relevant industry experience in mechanical design or product development.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks for 3D modeling, assemblies, and drawing creation.
- Strong understanding of mechanical fundamentals, including tolerancing, materials, structural considerations, and manufacturability.
- Experience working in cross-functional engineering teams, particularly alongside electrical engineers.
- Ability to work effectively under tight schedules and shifting priorities.
- Demonstrated ownership mindset, initiative, and willingness to take responsibility for outcomes.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Experience with SolidWorks 3DEXPERIENCE or other PLM / configuration management systems.
- Experience designing enclosures for electronics or mechanically integrating electrical systems.
- Familiarity with production support activities, including fixture and tooling design.
- Exposure to vendor engagement, supplier qualification, or manufacturing process development.
- Experience working in a small, fast-paced engineering organization or startup environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools for documentation, collaboration, and project tracking.
- Background in defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated engineering environments.
Benefits
- Generous PTO policy
- Comprehensive medical coverage effective day 1 (80% company-paid for employee + dependents).
- Vision & dental (100% company-paid)
- Short- and long-term disability coverage (100% company-paid)
- Generous 401(k) retirement plan
- Company-paid life insurance
- Great teammates and well stocked snacks
Kraken Kinetics is uniquely qualified to enhance contemporary warfighting capabilities for the United States Armed Forces and its allies. We create advanced kinetic solutions to defeat adversaries on the modern battlefield, making it our mission and responsibility as Americans to deliver DEFINITIVE LETHALITY. Kraken Kinetics provides bespoke kinetic solutions for modern weapon systems, at scale, focusing on unmanned and autonomous delivery platforms. With decades of specialized DoD experience, we rapidly engineer high-performance warheads and fuzing—designed for manufacturing—serving defense technology partners, the US Government, and our allies. Our foundation is a team of experts, originally forming the core of a government program that led the DoD into the era of kinetic drones. With over forty years of combined experience in the design, testing, manufacturing, and operational deployment of kinetic systems, our leadership team is widely recognized as national level subject matter experts. We excel in rapidly delivering advanced capabilities efficiently, leveraging our commercial agility coupled with our proprietary design tools and broad empirically derived knowledge base. Our methodology enables rapid progression from concept to deployment, swiftly addressing our clients' unique needs with solutions that tackle some of the most urgent national security challenges. When partnering with Kraken Kinetics, be prepared for a team that will tenaciously push your organization to achieve the maximum terminal performance possible from your systems. The Kraken team is intrinsically driven to deliver results and seeks commercial and government partners who are equally motivated to join our mission of equipping our nation and allies with the tools needed to compete on the modern battlefield. That mission is the sole reason our organization exists.