
Mechanical Engineer, Senior
Edwards AFB, CAFull-time$87–198K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will design, prototype, and deliver hardware solutions for applications in space, on the ground, or underwater. The role involves ruggedizing systems for extreme environments and integrating technologies into mission-critical defense and advanced technology projects. The engineer will work with experienced engineers and cross-functional teams to address hardware challenges.
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Full job description
Mechanical Engineer, SeniorThe Opportunity: Join our dynamic delivery team where you'll design, prototype, and deliver innovative hardware solutions for real-world applications. As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers and cross-functional teams to tackle complex hardware challenges, ruggedizing systems for extreme environments to integrate cutting-edge technologies into systems that will operate in space, on the ground, or underwater. Your work will directly impact mission-critical projects, supporting both defense and advanced technology initiatives. If you're passionate about turning ideas into tangible solutions and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced setting, this is the place to launch your engineering career.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
- 7+ years of experience working in hardware design, prototyping, 3D modeling, and computer-aided design (CAD)
- Experience with engineering software, including Creo, Creo Simulation, or multiphysics software
- Knowledge of engineering and physics principles as they apply to hardware design and product development
- Ability to develop technical documentation, including technical drawings and written technical documentation
- Ability to collaborate with an integrated product team, including a variety of technical and non-technical teammates
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Nice If You Have:
- Experience with prototyping and integration related to electromechanical systems
- Experience designing large electro-mechanical systems and sub-modules
- Experience with finite element analysis (FEA) or modeling and simulation activities
- Experience with lab-based developmental testing and test data acquisition
- Knowledge of product design for manufacturability, reliability, maintainability, injection molding, ruggedization, and exposure to extreme environments
- Ability to perform systems verification and validation
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–198K/yr
- California median$129–180K/yr1,073 salary ranges
- US median$107–160K/yr4,627 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $142K, is 7% below the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,334 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in California and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,365 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,220 of the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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