Senior Mechanical Engineer

Storm Search · Wichita, United States

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Wichita, KS

Relocation Assistance Available Within the U.S.

About the Opportunity

We’re seeking a hands-on Senior Mechanical Engineer to design and develop motors, actuators, and high-reliability electromechanical systems.

This is a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys owning projects from concept through design, testing, qualification, production, and sustaining engineering . You’ll work closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, test, and customers to develop reliable, high-performance products.

What You’ll Do

• Design mechanical components and assemblies for motors, actuators, geartrains, housings, shafts, and related hardware.
• Create and maintain 3D CAD models, detailed drawings, BOMs, specifications, and tolerance schemes.
• Perform material selection, stress analysis, tolerance stack-ups, and design-for-manufacturability reviews.
• Support geartrain, shaft, bearing, housing, sealing, and lubrication design.
• Perform FMEA, reliability/MTBF analysis, qualification testing, and root-cause investigations.
• Support prototype builds, troubleshooting, production transition, and sustaining engineering.
• Collaborate with electrical, manufacturing, quality, test, and customer teams to solve technical challenges.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience designing electromechanical actuators or similar high-reliability products.
• Strong experience with geartrain design, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacturability .
• Experience taking products from concept through release and sustaining engineering.
• Hands-on experience with prototype hardware and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• U.S. Person required for export-control compliance.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with electric motors, actuators, rotating equipment, or aerospace hardware.
• Aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability product experience.
• Reliability analysis and qualification testing experience.
• Familiarity with Autodesk Inventor, Nastran, Mathcad, Ansys, or similar engineering tools.
• Knowledge of DO-160 / MIL-STD-810.

Why Consider This Role?

• Full product lifecycle ownership
• Hands-on design, prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting
• Opportunity to work on high-reliability motors and electromechanical systems
• Strong cross-functional engineering environment
• Relocation assistance available within the U.S.

If you’re looking for an opportunity where you can apply your mechanical design expertise to challenging, high-reliability products, we’d love to hear from you.