Mechanical Engineer

Job description

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage. ### Responsibilities - Structural design supporting vehicle subsystems such as hydraulics, fuel systems, propulsion, and avionics - Perform structural and thermal analyses using both hand calculations and FEA - Lead trade studies across mechanical, fluid, and avionics subsystems with an emphasis on mass efficiency, cost, and performance - Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to ensure designs are practical, producible, and aligned with program objectives - Own hardware development from concept through design, fabrication, integration, and test - Present technical content in internal reviews and represent the team in cross-functional and supplier/customer design reviews ### Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or physics - 1+ years of experience with electromechanical design, analysis, and testing (internships and significant student project experience qualify) ### Preferred Skills and Experience - Hands-on prototyping and mechanical assembly experience for complex systems - Strong foundation in engineering fundamentals including statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, vibe - Proficiency in CAD (NX preferred), FEA (Ansys preferred), and PLM tools (Teamcenter preferred) - Familiarity with mechanical testing under conditions such as vibration, fatigue, shock, vacuum, and thermal loads - Experience collaborating across disciplines (e.g., fluids, avionics, manufacturing) to deliver integrated systems - Demonstrated cradle to grave ownership of technically complex projects ### Additional Requirements - Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time