Mechanical Engineer - Maritime

Spear AI is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer with maritime experience. You will be part of a cross functional team designing, building, testing, and deploying unmanned maritime sensor systems. Spear AI serves the national security industry and provides hardware, software, and data solutions that span levels of classification and are intended for operational deployment. Spear AI is a rapidly growing company with a commitment to rapid development of excellent products through continuous fielding. You will be in the lab and out on the water frequently. Responsibilities You will be the second and senior of the two mechanical engineers in the team. You will be expected to mentor more junior engineers and technicians. You should have at least some experience in most of the following areas: Structural and Functional Design – Design and document mechanical systems applying both analysis and intuition as appropriate. Optimize for various factors and ensure compliance with requirements. Design for operational maritime use including submerged systems – Design systems with an operator centric viewpoint that will survive and thrive in challenging maritime and submerged environments. Produce Mechanical CAD artifacts including drawings, documentation, and revision control – Select Manufacturing processes – Determine appropriate manufacturing processes, generate appropriate documentation for technicians or suppliers, optimize designs for the use of selected processes. We place a high emphasis on distributed and/or low tech manufacturing and tend to avoid precision machining. Additive Manufacturing – Spear relies heavily on additive manufacturing. Design parts for additive manufacturing, understand how to optimize additive manufacturing, determine appropriate testing regimens for additive parts. Prototyping and Troubleshooting – Build, test, and troubleshoot prototypes of designs. We believe that engineers should be heavily involved in building the first few prototypes of