Hiring: Mechanical Engineering Manager Company: Zone 5 Technologies Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:33:08 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : CAD About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience as a mechanical or structural engineer, including 2+ in a leadership or supervisory role Required Skills: •Manage and grow a team of mechanical engineers — hiring, mentoring, professional development, and succession planning — fostering collaboration and innovation. •Ensure the correct and consistent application of mechanical design methodologies, processes, tools, and standards within your team, and contribute to their continued development across the discipline. •Ensure your engineers are trained, equipped, and supported to do high-quality work, and be accountable for the quality of your team's mechanical design, analysis, and documentation. •Staff and balance your engineers across concept development efforts and program teams based on skills, availability, and development needs, in coordination with hardware leadership and peer managers. •Contribute hands-on as a working manager — mechanical design, analysis, and test at the individual-contributor level. •Support early concept development with feasibility assessments, initial sizing, and reuse-versus-new recommendations that put programs on sound technical footing. •Review designs and analyses at milestone design reviews to confirm integrity and performance against approved requirements and design baselines. •Uphold disciplined change management, ensuring departures from approved designs are reviewed and approved before implementation. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field •Proficiency in CAD systems, including 3D modeling and drawing generation •Design for Manufacturing (DFM) •Proficiency in mechanical analysis methods and tools •Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field •Direct experience and proficiency in mentoring and training junior engineers Compensation: •Comprehensive benefit package options include medical, dental, vision, life, and more Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!