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Mechanical Engineer
Posted: 04/16/2026
Industry: Engineering and Technical
Job Number: 18952
Security Clearance: ACTIVE - Top Secret
Work Model: On-site
Job Description
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Title: Mechanical Engineer – Top Secret Clearance Required (2 Openings)
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
- Duration: 3-year contract
- Pay rate: $70-$90/hr
- Job Location: Bedford, MA
- Work Model: Onsite (100%)
- Schedule: Monday – Friday, 1st shift
- Security Clearance Required: Active Top Secret
- Job#: bh18952
Description:
We're seeking two experienced Mechanical Engineers to support the design, development, integration, and testing of advanced defense and aerospace technologies. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge systems in a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment focused on high-performance hardware for ground, air, maritime, and space applications.
What You'll Do
- Design, integrate, and test complex mechanical, electro-mechanical, and opto-mechanical systems
- Support projects from concept through fabrication, integration, testing, and field evaluation
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on advanced technology development
- Contribute to hardware involving structures, mechanisms, thermal systems, optics, and electronics
- Present technical progress and results to internal stakeholders
- Travel occasionally to meetings and field sites as needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering (Master's preferred)
- Bachelor's with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 3+ years
- Minimum 5 years of mechanical engineering and mechanical design experience
- Experience designing, assembling, and testing high-reliability mechanical or electro-mechanical systems for defense, aerospace, or DoD programs
- Minimum 5 years of SolidWorks 3D CAD experience
- Experience with electronic packaging and complex mechanical systems
- Active Top Secret security clearance required at the start of employment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with opto-mechanical systems
- Spacecraft or aircraft hardware development
- Mechanism design
- Additional experience supporting DoD or aerospace programs
Why Apply?
- Long-term 3-year contract
- Competitive pay: $70–$90/hour
- Work on advanced defense and aerospace technologies
- Join a highly collaborative engineering team solving complex technical challenges
Interested? Apply today with your resume. Qualified candidates with an active Top Secret clearance will be contacted promptly for consideration.
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Job Requirements
SolidWorks, optomechanical, opto-mechanical, mechanisms, electro-optic, aerospace
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