Job Description
At Commonwealth Technology Innovation (CTI), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), our mechanical engineers are challenged to develop unique customized solutions that seamlessly blend technology and tradecraft. We value integrity, imagination and hands-on creativity and recruit talent with diverse backgrounds who bring a broad spectrum of technical experience to our team. We expect that you will apply your skills and shape this position based on your strengths and interests. Even though our parent company, HII, is a large business, CTI preserves our small company feel and our engineers have the time to focus on their work while maintaining the big-picture perspective. Beyond our competitive salary and benefits structure, our engineers earn a sense of accomplishment by making meaningful contributions to our nation's security priorities. With some of the most comprehensive fabrication assets in Northern Virginia, including a full in-house machine shop, composite fabrication, finishing and electronics assembly capabilities, your ideas and designs will quickly become fieldable hardware. By joining the CTI team, your mechanical engineering skills can help solve our customer's most challenging problems and build upon the industry leading reputation we've developed over five decades.
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Staff in this position provide a wide applications of principles, theories and concepts in their field and provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems with imaginative and thorough solutions. He or she is familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures. He or she relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals and performs a variety of complicated tasks.
The person in this position designs the difficult aspects of our products and helps to leads teams that design, develop, document, assemble and test all aspects of components and complex systems. He or she will lead and personally conduct complex procurement. He or she presents works with other CTI project team members to obtain requirement guidance and develop and get approval of task requirements. Coordinates with task and Program Managers, Manufacturing Managers and Director in task accomplishment. Contributes to proposal development in the area of technical approach, Work Breakdown Structure and cost/schedule.
A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering a plus.
Experience with hardware design.
Project management experience is a plus.
Experience performing hands-on assembly of and modifications to electromechanical systems.
Experience analyzing complex functions, procedures, and problems to find creative, logical and effective solutions.
Active Government Secret Clearance.
This position supports a U.S. Government contract; per the Executive Order 14042 issued on September 9, 2021, personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to fill this role.
Security Clearance: Secret
Telework - Not Eligible
Diversity Statement
We are an EOE that values our employee's talent – regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion or other protected characteristics – Your Talent Is Our Strength .
Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Alion will provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans who need assistance to apply. Please visit the Alion Careers site for more information. U.S. Citizenship Required for the majority of our positions.
Covid Notice
A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.