Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Position Title: Senior Mechanical Design EngineerPosition Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Mechanical Design Engineer opportunity.Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and utilize inputs and requirements from Engineering and Project teams to produce equipment and components design solutions, including drawings, models, and specifications.
• Perform planning for design activities and manage execution to the established plans.
• Propose and develop tests required to validate functional and performance design requirements.
• Perform scoping analysis and trade studies for design options.
• Interface with cross functional team for design and analysis activities.
• Perform engineering reviews of team members’ products.
• Interface with engineers and subcontractors, providing direction and mentoring.
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities.

Job Qualifications:

• Education: B.S. degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of five years of equipment / component design experience; relevant M.S. and Doctorate degrees may be credited for up to two or four years of experience respectively.
• Experience with 3D CAD, SolidWorks preferred.
• Experience with design of experiments with an emphasis on product testing.
• Experience in finite element stress analysis, mechanical analysis methods, first principles calculations.
• Familiarity in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills, creative thinker.
• Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Experience or familiarity with the rules of ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code Section III Division 5.
• Design experience in the nuclear industry with core assemblies is highly desirable.
• Experience with nuclear industry operation, DOE and NRC regulations
• Knowledge of neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, and/or structural analysis.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary design activities
• Experience in finite element stress analysis using ANSYS and first principles calculations.
• Experience with writing test requirements documents and developing nuclear product test campaigns.
• Experience with manufacturing and methodology, especially in first article productions.
• Experience with technical evaluation, review, and nonconformance evaluation of vendors and suppliers.
• Travel Required: 0-5%.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate Range: $52-$85/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience)
• Location: Bellevue, WA or 100% Remote
• Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.#TerraProAbout Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.