Title:  Engineer, Project, Defense

Date:  May 15, 2025
Location: 

South El Monte, US, 91733

Company:  VACCO Industries
Pay Range:  $100,674.00 - $134,061.00
SUMMARY: 

Project Engineer, Electrical, Defense Products

General Description:

BSEE preferred, sound electrical and mechanical experience with valves, solenoids, electro-mechanical components, solid modeling (CAD), wiring diagrams, circuits, electrical assembly and test experience.

Skills Required:

  • Lead efforts with cross-functional departments and stakeholders to drive engineering projects through the engineering development process according to schedule and budget.
  • Collaborate with a project team including engineers, quality, operations, sales and supply chain
  • Solid fundamentals in electrical design, circuits, wiring diagrams
  • Create and review new electrical schematics to meet design objectives
  • Source electrical components per government and customer specifications
  • Prefer experience in the design of mechanical or electrical components and assemblies for naval system applications, fluid control valve technology, and/or electrical and electromechanical systems.
  • Experience with product design and process FMEA, Design for Manufacturing (DFM),
    Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Cost (DFC), Design for Reliability (DFR) methods
    and techniques.

Specific Duties:

  • Work with defense customers to understand, define and meet specifications
  • Support sales and marketing for new designs to estimate technical scope of work and write technical proposals to accurately communicate the design concept
  • Review, analyze, and verify compliance and acceptance of technical specification requirements for naval submarine or defense products
  • Schedule and lead design reviews to meet internal engineering development procedures from cradle to grave
  • Conceptualize and create new and preliminary designs/layouts using initial 3D CAD tools to convert the specification into product Design using industry standards.
  • Perform analysis to validate compliance to technical requirements
  • Review electrical and mechanical engineering drawings for approval using GD&T standards and best practice.
  • Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, and quality control to take design from concept to production.
  • Assemble and test prototype and development hardware and create initial test plans and procedures for qualification and production.
  • Write detailed valve and component test procedures to simulate systems and validate performance requirements per defense specifications and guidelines


Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles