Principal Mechanical Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-04-09

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-131 ~ 5450 C Ave NE ~ BLDG 131

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

The Computing Products Engineering Department within Avionics is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to support the electronics packaging design and development of high-performance communication products. These include displays, computing electronics, and networking electronics which are installed on commercial airliners, business & regional jets, private jets, and certain military and dual-purpose aircraft.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and technically rigorous environment. Successful candidates will bring strong engineering judgment, initiative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make meaningful contributions and thrive while tackling complex technical challenges.

What You Will Do:

• Use and apply mechanical engineering principles and techniques to design, develop, document, verify, and support computing products.

• Contribute to hardware engineering requirements capture and analysis in area of domain or functional expertise.

• Perform mechanical packaging design and analysis to meet challenging environmental requirements.

• Collaborate with other disciplines on development of circuit card designs (profile, stack up, thermal/vibration considerations)

• Lead prototype build, verification and pre-qualification testing within a cross functional team

• Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure defined requirements are consistently met in all phases of a product's lifecycle, including supporting integration, testing, qualification, and certification of the final product.

• Serve as a mechanical design subject matter expert in proposal preparations, internal design and customer reviews. Ensure that development products are designed to meet the applicable requirements.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

• Demonstrated experience supporting the full product lifecycle, including participation in bid and proposal, requirement capture, design development, and production support activities.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD). Includes working knowledge of model creation, interrogation with CAD tools like NX or Solidworks to support mechanical designs.

• Experience with DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 environmental requirements

• Proficiency with electronic product packaging requirements

• Proficiency with the principles of heat transfer and fluid mechanics as it pertains to electronics cooling

• Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and associated analysis methodologies

• Familiarity with machined and sheet metal manufacturing methodologies

• Knowledge of design to cost & manufacturability

• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Familiarity with product certification for the FAA

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  

• Tuition reimbursement program 

• Student Loan Repayment Program  

• Life insurance and disability coverage  

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  

• Adoption Assistance           

• Autism Benefit  

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program 

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doct