Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting *REMOTE* contract Senior Mechanical Design Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Will serve as the primary test engineer supporting the control rod drive mechanism design and deployment, with an emphasis on test planning and testing system interface and design.
• Responsible for coordinating geographically diverse design team members to develop supporting design documentation. The team is composed of company employees, subcontracted resources, partner employees, and customers.
• Develop, maintain, and refine plant level and system level requirement and specification documents, as well as support digital design tools and configuration management processes.
• Lead and support design reviews and resolution of cross functional technical concerns.
• Lead and support design of instrumentation for testing, based around data acquisition control hardware and software, to meet experimental test objectives.
• Lead and support the development and documentation of test plans, test designs and test procedures for experimental work in the large sodium test facility.
• Coalesce the work of multiple teams into single deliverables.
• Ensure smooth flow between design engineers and test engineers. Pro-actively identifying and closing gaps on either end.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of test engineering experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with alkali metals in a laboratory environment highly desired.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment or industrial environment.
• Experience in design and integration of data acquisition and control system platforms desired.
• Experience in design and application of experimental hardware, instrumentation, and engineering laboratory practices.
• Experience writing test plans, requirements and procedures.
• Experience with post-processing and documenting experiments.
• Experience in hands-on laboratory work (analytical methods, glovebox work, standard laboratory practices).
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists in a design environment to develop novel testing approaches and equipment.
• Ability to work on tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Ability to analyze, develop, and plan tests of highly complex equipment with limited design inputs.
• Strong understanding of configuration management principles, as well as knowledge of design control tools application on nuclear or similar complex industrial applications.
• Ability to deliver projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between objectives.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work on tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate and lead a design teams effort with minimal direction.
• Nuclear experience and working under a certified NQA-1 program preferred but not required.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Location: Bellevue, WA or 100% Remote Acceptable
• Pay Rate Range: $63-80/hr.
• 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.

About 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 . Were passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.