Mechanical Engineer

Company Overview

Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments.

Role Summary

In this role, you will translate high-level product needs into actionable mechanical design solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, align on technical approaches, and develop the documentation needed to support implementation, verification, and production, including bills of materials (BOMs), assembly instructions, design specifications, test plans, schedules, and issue-tracking records.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering and design reviews activities within a cross-functional team environment.

• Develop mechanical drawings and specifications; review vendor design proposals for technical compliance and system-level mechanical design support for products in development.

• Gather and define component-level design requirements and specifications with stakeholders across disciplines.

• Conduct research and development to identify optimal technologies within product cost constraints.

• Partner with discipline leads to establish guidelines and requirements for system level and component level specifications.

• Apply sound engineering principles and precision-tolerance techniques to the design of optical and mechanical systems.

• Lead engineering design reviews.

• Drive design improvements that address customer-reported reliability and usability issues.

• Collaborate across disciplines and provide technical guidance to team members in issue resolution and product development.

• Mature early prototypes through increasing levels of fidelity and translate preliminary concepts into production-ready products.

• Collaborate with Project Management to develop product schedules and manage design-development activities accordingly.

• Plan and execute simulation, modeling, design, and test activities throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Troubleshoot system level issues and develop and implement verification tests.

• Create development test plans to ensure compliance with applicable industry standards.

• Perform system and subsystem-level design, modeling, and prototyping.